DMK Rajya Sabha candidates file nominations at Secretariat

Ending the long pending speculation, AIADMK announced its two candidates on Wednesday night but Congress which was given a single seat in DMK alliance is yet to announce its candidate.

Update: 2022-05-27 08:50 GMT
Three DMK candidates filed their nominations in the presence of CM.

CHENNAI: All three DMK Rajya Sabha candidates filed their nominations at the Secretariat in the presence of Chief Minister MK Stalin, on Friday.

Three candidates R Girirajan, KRN Rajesh Kumar and K Kalyana Sundaram presented their nomination papers to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Secretary K Srinivasan. The three candidates were accompanied by DMK General Secretary Duraimurugan and DMK Rajya Sabha MPs Kanimozhi, TR Balu and Tiruchi Siva.

The 6 Rajya Sabha seats for Tamil Nadu is set to get vacant as the tenure of three DMK MPs TKS Elangovan, RS Bharathi and KRN Rajesh Kumar and three AIADMK candidates A Navaneetha Krishnan, SR Balasubramoniyan and A Vijayakumar will end on June 29. As DMK captured power with a thumping majority DMK gets an additional Rajya Sabha seat due to which AIADMK will get only two seats.

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Ending the long pending speculation, AIADMK announced its two candidates on Wednesday night but Congress which was given a single seat in DMK alliance is yet to announce its candidate.

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