Companies asked to declare paid holiday for RK Nagar bypoll

"..the employers of industrial and commercial establishments, including public and private sector undertakings are requested to declare paid holiday to all employees on the poll day", Labour Commissioner Ka Balachandran said in an official release.

The bypoll has been necessitated by the death of sitting MLA and late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in December last year.

Senior ruling AIADMK leader E Madhusudhanan, sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran, DMK nominee N Marudhu Ganesh are among those in the fray for the polls.