Velumani alleges unfair treatment to AIADMK members in Coimbatore
The Hindu
Former Minister for Municipal Administration and Thondamuthur MLA S.P. Velumani on Friday petitioned District Collector G.S. Sameeran alleging unfair treatment to AIADMK members by the election offici
Former Minister for Municipal Administration and Thondamuthur MLA S.P. Velumani on Friday petitioned District Collector G.S. Sameeran alleging unfair treatment to AIADMK members by the election officials and the police during filing of nominations for the urban local bodies elections.
He along with seven other AIADMK MLAs from Coimbatore district - P.R.G. Arunkumar (Kavundampalayam), Amman K. Arjunan (Coimbatore North), S. Damodaran (Kinathukadavu), A.K. Selvaraj (Mettupalayam), V.P. Kandasamy (Sulur), T.K. Amulkandasami (Valparai) and K.R. Jayaram (Singanallur) - submitted the petition on Friday.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












