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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: MDMK names Ganeshamurthi as candidate for Erode seat

Ganeshamurthi Is A Two-time MP, Who Had Represented Palani In The 12th Lok Sabha (1998) And Erode During The 2009-14 Period.

PTI | Updated on: 16 Mar 2019, 11:36:09 AM
“Ganeshamurthi is contesting from Erode as MDMK candidate, on behalf of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance,” MDMK founder Vaiko said. (File photo)

Chennai:

DMK’s ally MDMK on Saturday announced the candidature of former MP A Ganeshamurthi from the Erode constituency for the April 18 Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu.

Ganeshamurthi is a two-time MP, who had represented Palani in the 12th Lok Sabha (1998) and Erode during the 2009-14 period.

“Ganeshamurthi is contesting from Erode as MDMK candidate, on behalf of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance,” MDMK founder Vaiko said in a statement here.

MDMK has been allotted the Erode constituency, even as DMK President M K Stalin has assured one Rajya Sabha seat to his party’s ally at the appropriate time. Tamil Nadu has a total of 39 Lok Sabha seats. 

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First Published : 16 Mar 2019, 11:36:02 AM

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