PMK cadre stage protest in Paapireddypatti

PMK cadre stage protest in Paapireddypatti

The Hindu

Cadre of the Paatali Makkal Katchi (PMK) on Friday staged a demonstration in Paapireddypatti here over the allotment of the constituency to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). As part of the seat-sharing arrangement, the AIADMK retained Paapireddypatti, which it won during the 2019 Assembly bypolls. Govindasamy, the AIADMK’s outgoing Paapireddipatty MLA, was given the ticket. However, the PMK cadre staged protest blockade here over the ceding of the seat to the AIADMK. One of the party men made a foiled bid to self-immolate.
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