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Galaxy of stars campaign for ADMK
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A galaxy of film stars led by Simran, the 'dream girl' of Tamil films, and comedian Kovai Sarala plunged into politics when they started their campaigning for the AIADMK at a public meeting yesterday in support of sitting MLA, Sekar Babu, at the R K Nagar constituency in north Chennai. Others who joined the stars included Vindhya, director Manoj Kumar, lyricist Snehan, dance directors Anthony and Raghuram. Simran managed to deliver a ten-line address with prompts from those on the podium, while Vindhya had inputs from poet Kannadasan's book, in which he had criticised DMK president M Karunanidhi. The stars said that this was just the beginning and several more of their flock would soon pledge support to the AIADMK for the May 8 elections.
[Update] Rediff Assembly Election Special Coverage of this meeting
Source: Chennai Online
Lok Paritran
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A few weeks back I had written about Lok Paritran, a party started by ex-IITians. Many of you have been quite positive about this development. Lok Paritran will be contesting 12 seats in the TN assembly elections including 6 from Chennai. Founder member and chief advisor S Vasudev will contest from the Mylapore assembly segment (actors Napoleon and S.Ve. Sekar are also contesting the same seat). Besides, the party will also field candidates in T.Nagar, Anna Nagar, Thousand Light, Park Town, Saidapet, and Rasipuram in Salem district.
Sarath Kumar quits DMK
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In a surprising development yesterday, Tamil actor Sarath Kumar decided to quit from the primary membership of the DMK. A few weeks back, Sarath Kumar's fans were upset that his fan club wasn't given due respect by the DMK. They had openly asked the actor to quit the party. Since then there were rumors floated around in the local press that he might decide to quit the party. But, many expected him to stay given that his the close business relationship his wife actress Radhika has with SUN TV. But in a statement released yesterday, Sarath Kumar claimed that his "hard work" wasn't given due respect by the party and that he has been belittled by people close to Karunanidhi. His next course of action will be closely watched. Will he decide to move over to the ADMK camp, or will he decide to contest independently, or will he decide to take back his resignation? Only time will tell…
