Tamil Nadu elections: AIADMK changes 8 more candidates

Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK on Monday changed eight more candidates for the May 16 assembly elections

Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK on Monday changed eight more candidates for the May 16 assembly elections.

AIADMK workers get their hands tattooed with the image of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. (PTI File Photo)

Chief minister and party general secretary J Jayalalithaa announced the new names in Chennai.

The new candidates are: K Ravi (Arakkonam), P Palaniappan (Papparapatti), P Mohan (Sankarapuram), KV Ramalingam (Erode West), N Natarajan (Trichy East), SP Shanmuganathan (Sri Vaikundam), Kadambur Raju (Kovilpatti) and SKA Hyder Ali (Pallaymkottai).

On April 4, the AIADMK had announced candidates for 227 of the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu and all 30 seats in Puducherry for the May 16 poll.