PMK releases first list of candidates

The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), contesting all 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu in the May 16 elections, today released its first list of candidates for 45 seats.
Senior leader and former MLA K Arumugam (Chengalpattu) is among the 45 candidates announced in a statement here by the party for assembly segments in various districts, including Chennai, Pudukottai, Vellore, Kancheepuram, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli.
PMK, which is facing the polls on its own from all 234 seats, said the candidates for the rest of the constituencies would be announced in the next few days.
Asked if he would resign his Dharmapuri Lok Sabha seat if

he won from here, Anbumani said, "Our party (PMK) is going to win, and when I become Chief Minister, obviously I must resign the LS seat."
Asked if his party could not capture power, and he won from Pennagaram in the Assembly poll, which seat would he retain -assembly or Lok Sabha- he said, "We are very confident. We are going to win and I am going to become Chief Minister.