TN Assembly polls | DMK looks set to sweep Chennai
The Hindu
The party was leading in all 16 constituencies as of early afternoon on Sunday
The DMK looked all set to storm the capital city of Chennai leading in all 16 constituencies, with DMK president M.K. Stalin leading the party’s charge at his constituency of Kolathur with a lead over 10,000 votes. As of 1.30 p.m. on Sunday, the DMK was leading in 15 seats in Chennai and the lone Congress candidate Haasan Maulana was leading at Velachery against the AIADMK candidate. DMK youth wing leader and Mr. Stalin’s son, Udhayanidhi Stalin was leading at Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni while the high profile contest at Thousand Lights saw the DMK’s Dr. Ezhilan registering a big lead of more than 10,000 votes over actor and BJP candidate, Khushbu Sundar. At Harbour constituency, the BJP’s Vinoj P. Selvam began with a big lead before the DMK’s P. Sekar Babu pulled things back and registered a lead. At Mylapore, sitting MLA R. Nataraj looked set for a defeat against the DMK’s Dha. Velu. Fisheries Minister D. Jayakumar was also trailing against the DMK’s Dha.Velu at his bastion of Royapuram.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.