Union Home Minister Amit Shah has today kicked off the election campaign of BJP leader Pon Radhakrishnan, who is contesting from the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat, by conducting a road show.<\/p>\n
Shah started his campaign after offering prayers at the Hanuman Temple in Sucheendram.<\/p>\n
The Union Home Minister then launched the Vijay Sankalp Mahasampark Abhiyan at Sucheendram by canvassing votes conducting door-to-door campaign.<\/p>\n
He campaigned at 11 homes in the town as part of the initiative.<\/p>\n
The Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting the elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly and the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat in alliance with the AIADMK and PMK.<\/p>\n
The ruling AIADMK has allotted 20 Assembly seats and the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat to the BJP.<\/p>\n
The PMK is contesting from 23 seats in the Vanniyar strong holds.<\/p>\n
Radhakrishnan, also a former Union Minister, said: “The BJP ,AIADMK combined is formidable in Tamil Nadu and even after 10 years, there is no anti-incumbency factor against the state government. The visit of the Union Home Minister will create wonders and we are on track.”<\/p>\n
However, he had lost Kanyakumari in the 2019 general elections to H. Vasanthakumar off the Congress by a margin of 3 lakh votes.<\/p>\n
The by-election is taking place in the wake of Vasanthakumar’s death due to Covid.<\/p>\n
While the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha segment has six Assembly seats, the BJP is not contesting in any, while the AIADMK is contesting from the alliance.<\/p>\n
The BJP is strong in Killiyooor, Vilavankode and Padmanabhapuram assembly constituencies and party workers were expecting to contest in the party symbol.<\/p>\n
However, the party is not contesting in any Assembly constituency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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