Andipatti (TN), April 07: This is one of the very few constituencies in Tamil Nadu where the credentials of the candidate do not matter at all for the voters.
What matters here is whether the candidate is from AIADMK headed by J Jayalalithaa or if he is contesting on the MGR’s symbol ‘two leaves’ which still attracts people in southern Tamil Nadu like a magnet.
This rural constituency in southern Tamil Nadu’s Theni district is a traditional AIADMK stronghold and has sent two leaders from the party ? late matinee idol M G Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa ? to the state Assembly as Chief Ministers.
While MGR contested successfully from here in 1984, Jayalalithaa became an MLA from this segment in 2002 by-polls and retained the seat again in 2006. However, in the April 13 elections, Jayalalithaa is contesting from her ancestral town of Srirangam in Tiruchirapalli.
–Agencies