Hectic bypoll campaign ends for two Assembly seats in TN

Campaign for the October 21 bypolls to two Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu drew to a close on Saturday with arch rivals AIADMK and DMK putting their best foot forward to woo the voters.

Wrapping up the campaign, AIADMK's top leaders, Chief Minister K Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam appealed to the voters to cast their ballots in favour of their party's candidates in Vikravandi and Nanguneri segments and shun the "violent mob,"an apparent accusation against DMK.

The top AIADMK leaders hit out at the DMK for trying to somehow win bypolls by allegedly giving false promises and to again bring back "family" politics.

AIADMK's M R Muthamizhselvan and Reddiyarpatti V Narayanan are in the fray in Vikravandi and Nanguneri segments respectively. The ruling party's candidates are supported by allies including the PMK and BJP.

DMK's N Pugazhendhi is contesting from Vikravandi (Villupuram district) constituency and its ally Congress party's nominee 'Ruby' Manoharan is testing his luck from Nanguneri (Tirunelveli).

For about two weeks, AIADMK and DMK leaders led a hectic campaign in both Vikravandi and Nanguneri Assembly segments, which culminated at 6 PM today.

Yesteryear top actor Vijayakanth, chief of Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, an ally of the ruling party, sought votes for AIADMK candidate Muthamizhselvan at Vikravandi.

The DMDK chief, in view of some health issues, has not been active in politics for well over a year and his visit on the last leg of campaign assumes significance
In Vikravandi, 18 polling stations are categorised as "critical," and 32 as "vulnerable."
While Vikravandi has an electorate of 2.57 lakh voters, Nanguneri has 2.23 lakh