CHENNAI: Campaigning goes on even after phase-I

By G Saravanan

Published in The New Indian Express, Chennai on October 19, 2011:

Source:http://expressbuzz.com/cities/chennai/campaigning-goes-on-even-after-phase-i/324744.html

CHENNAI: Though campaigning and polling for the post of Chennai Mayor ended on Monday, Mayoral contestants from the DMK, PMK and DMDK have continued their ‘campaign’ on Tuesday as well; only that this time, the audience was different.

In contrast to their campaigns, atop vehicles, M Subramanian, sitting Mayor, from the DMK, A K Moorthy of the PMK and G Velmurugan of the DMDK met the TN State Election Commissioner S Ayyar separately on Tuesday afternoon. They submitted a list of allegations of rigging and booth capturing at many polling booths in the elections held on Monday.

Subramanian and Moorthy also moved petitions at the HC seeking justice on the alleged booth capturing and rigging.

Party sources said that, Subramanian has spent most of his time since Monday evening collecting evidence to present before the SEC. Moorthy also spent most of his time post-elections preparing for the ‘campaign’ in front of the SEC.