Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leaders Thol. Thirumavalavan (right) and D. Ravikumar..
While Mr. Thirumavalavan would be contesting as an independent, party general secretary D. Ravikumar would seek election from Villupuram on the DMK’s rising sun symbol.
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), which is part of the DMK-led alliance and has been allotted two seats in Tamil Nadu, March 17 said its chief Thol. Thirumavalavan would contest the Chidambaram seat.
Party general secretary and writer D. Ravikumar, a former MLA, would fight from Villupuram, the other seats allotted to the party by the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance.
Addressing reporters in Chennai, Mr. Thirumavalavan said he would be contesting as an independent, whereas Mr. Ravikumar would seek election on the DMK’s rising sun symbol. “This is an amicable decision taken with an aim to win both the constituencies,” he said.
Mr. Thirumavalavan was elected to parliament for the first time in 2009 from the Chidambaram constituency, however, he lost to an AIADMK candidate from the same seat in 2014.
VCK would be contesting six lok sabha constituencies in Andhra Pradesh and three in Kerala independently.
In Andhra Pradesh, N.K. Jacob Vidyasagar will be contesting from Guntur, P.T.M. Sivaprasad from Chittoor, George Bankari from Visakhapatnam, Murugesan Prabhu from Tirupati, Bondalapalli Chandrasekar from Rajampet, and Ramaji Immanuel from Kadapa.
In Kerala, M. Selvaraj will seek election from Idukki, Jeevan K. Vijayan from Kottayam and lawyer K.R. Meena would be contesting from Kollam.
Alleging that the Election Commission was delaying the allotment of an independent symbol for a month without citing any reason, Mr. Thirumavalavan said the symbols sought by the party was allotted to others.
“Earlier we asked for ring, then diamond, then jackfruit, but all of them were allotted to the others. Now they have asked another list of symbols. Time to begin campaign is nearing,” he said.
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