DMK will take on AIADMK in a straight fight in eight seats in Madurai district
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has fielded senior leader
and former Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P.T.R. Palanivel Rajan’s son
P.T.R. P. Thiagarajan in Madurai Central Assembly constituency. He is
one among the five new faces chosen by the party.
An
engineering graduate from National Institute of Technology (formerly
known as Regional Engineering College) Tiruchi, Mr. Thiagarajan pursued
his post-graduate degree and research in the New York State University.
After
working in USA for several years, he served as Managing Director of
Global Capital Markets, Standard Chartered Bank, Chennai, and was Senior
Managing Director of Global Foreign Exchange and Money Markets of the
SCB, Singapore.
As an academic, his research work was
published in various journals and books. He had made presentations at
scientific conferences in the US, Europe and Asian countries. He was a
member of International Standards Organisation (ISO) Committee on
Ergonomics.
Prestigious
Born into a family of politicians, Mr. Thiagarajan told The Hindu on
Wednesday that he was thankful to the DMK for having chosen him to
contest from the prestigious Madurai Central constituency in the “Rising
Sun” symbol.
He said that the DMK alone would be
able to bring in development in all spheres, as in the past, which would
ultimately drive the State to a higher pedestal in terms of growth and
open up employment opportunities.
Asked
to comment on the electioneering strategy of the DMK, he said, “In the
past, development works in the temple city were implemented only during
M. Karunanidhi’s regime and it would speak for us. When my father was
the Assembly Speaker, he was able to understand the problems of common
man and built bridges and the Ring Road. I too would carry on the
legacy, if elected.”
Heavyweights
Apart from
Mr. Thiagarajan, the party has chosen party heavyweights and district
secretaries P. Murthy, G. Thalapathi and Manimaran (son of former
Speaker Sedapatti R. Muthiah) who will contest from Madurai East,
Madurai West and Tirupparankundram respectively.
In Madurai South, “Malligai” Balachandran is the candidate, while in Melur A.P. Ragupathi is contesting the polls.
Advocate
K. Ilamagilan in Usilampatti and Sripriya Thenmozhi, daughter of DMK
functionary Sami, in Sholavandan (Reserved) are the other candidates.
The
DMK has earmarked Madurai North and Tirumangalam to its ally Congress
and thus the party will take on its arch political rival AIADMK in a
straight fight in eight seats in Madurai district.
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