Case against L. Murugan for poll code violation
The Sathyamangalam police have registered a case against the BJP’s Nilgiris Parliamentary constituency candidate, L. Murugan, for conducting a meeting on the premises of a private school in Erode on March 26, 2024. A case was also registered against the school for allowing the use of their premises for election activities.
As part of his election campaign, Mr. Murugan, who is a Union Minister, held a meeting at the school located at Kombupallam, which falls under the Bhavanisagar Assembly constituency.
Based on information received, the Assistant Returning Officer for the Bhavanisagar Assembly constituency, Uma Shankar, lodged a complaint with the police. The police held inquiries and booked Mr. Murugan, the school management and against 100 others for violations of the model code of conduct.
Mainstream candidates for Tiruppur Lok Sabha constituency have seemingly adopted different strategies for campaign to cover the six Assembly segments during the twoweek campaign duration.
The constituency accounts for six Assembly constituencies Tiruppur North and Tiruppur South in Tiruppur district, and Gobichettipalayam, Bhavani, Anthiyur and Perundurai in the neighbouring Erode district.
The candidates invariably avoid the searing heat of the afternoon hours. It is in the interest of the public as well as cadres, according to a districtlevel functionary of CPI.
The CPI candidate K. Subbarayan started off his campaign in the urban pockets, while the BJP candidate A.P. Muruganandam chose to cover Gobichettipalayam and
Perundurai before moving to the two Assembly segments in Tiruppur.
Out of the total of 15,98,443 voters in the Lok Sabha seat, Tiruppur North accounts for the highest electorate of 3,90,152, followed by Tiruppur South (2,66,788), Gobichettipalayam (2,54,133), Bhavani (2,37,909), Perundurai (2,33,338) and Anthiyur (2,16,123). The AIADMK candidate P. Arunachalam begin his campaign in Perundurai, his native place.
In the 2019 election, there were 15,30,014 voters. Mr. Subbarayan had polled 5,08,725 votes, defeating M.S.M. Anandan of AIADMK who secured 4,15,357 votes. In terms of vote percentage, these candidates secured 45.42 % and 37.08 % respectively.
In the 2019 election, Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate P. Jaganathan secured 42,189 votes accounting for 3.77% of the electorate.