TN Assembly polls | Constituency watch | Alandur has special significance for AIADMK
The Hindu
M.G. Ramachandran won the Parangimalai seat in 1967
The Alandur constituency has been swaying between the AIADMK and the DMK every five years since 1991. In 2011 when Panruti S. Ramachandran won the seat on a DMDK ticket under the alliance with the AIADMK. However, in 2014 as Mr. Ramachandran quit the DMDK and joined the AIADMK, V.N.P. Venkataraman was given the ticket and he won against DMK’s R.S. Bharathi. In this Assembly election, MLA T.M. Anbarasan of the DMK is taking on B. Valarmathi of AIADMK, who won the seat in 2001. The other two important candidates are E. Sarathbabu of the Makkal Needhi Maiam and R. Karthikeyan of the Naam Tamizhar Katchi. Alandur has a symbiotic relationship with the AIADMK as the party founder and former Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran started his political career by winning the Parangimalai constituency in 1967 and again in 1971. The constituency was later merged with Alandur constituency.Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.