CHENNAI: A hawala-type approach with a Rs 20 notice and a promise of more cash to be paid later, allegedly used by rebellion AIADMK candidate T T V Dhinakaran within the R Ok Nagar bypoll to bribe citizens made headlines during the marketing campaign ultimate December. Though Dhinakaran had denied the allegation, it returned to hang-out on him on Sunday, when he visited the constituency after several weeks.
A group of girls, each and every armed with a Rs 20 notice, mobbed Dhinakaran and demanded that he pay Rs 10,000 per vote as allegedly promised through him. This created a furore and the police had a tricky time clearing the protesters. The protest additionally disrupted site visitors motion within the space.
“I by no means made the sort of promise nor did any of my supporters. It will have to had been E Madhusudhanan (the AIADMK candidate in R Ok Nagar bypoll) who organised a gaggle of folks to protest,” Dhinakaran informed reporters later.
He additionally blamed the police for now not having acted impulsively and permitting the women to continue their protest for sometime. “The police must have acted speedy. How can the sort of protest be allowed? If our party folks decide to hit again, won’t that lead to law and order problems?” asked Dhinakaran, who has introduced the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam.
During the run up to the R Ok Nagar bypoll, within the wake of reports of both Dhinakaran and the AIADMK camps indulging in massive scale bribing of citizens, there used to be apprehension that the poll can be dispose of another time. The Election Commission, however, went forward with the poll through which Dhinakaran emerged victorious, defeating applicants of the ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK, whose candidate misplaced his deposit too.
A group of girls, each and every armed with a Rs 20 notice, mobbed Dhinakaran and demanded that he pay Rs 10,000 per vote as allegedly promised through him. This created a furore and the police had a tricky time clearing the protesters. The protest additionally disrupted site visitors motion within the space.
“I by no means made the sort of promise nor did any of my supporters. It will have to had been E Madhusudhanan (the AIADMK candidate in R Ok Nagar bypoll) who organised a gaggle of folks to protest,” Dhinakaran informed reporters later.
He additionally blamed the police for now not having acted impulsively and permitting the women to continue their protest for sometime. “The police must have acted speedy. How can the sort of protest be allowed? If our party folks decide to hit again, won’t that lead to law and order problems?” asked Dhinakaran, who has introduced the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam.
During the run up to the R Ok Nagar bypoll, within the wake of reports of both Dhinakaran and the AIADMK camps indulging in massive scale bribing of citizens, there used to be apprehension that the poll can be dispose of another time. The Election Commission, however, went forward with the poll through which Dhinakaran emerged victorious, defeating applicants of the ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK, whose candidate misplaced his deposit too.
Women with Rs 20 notes in hand mob Dhinakaran
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April 30, 2018
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