The battle-lines have been drawn long and hard for Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency, where a three-cornered fight between the DMK, AIADMK, and PMK is brewing. The Naam Tamilar Katchi is also in the fray.
The Vanniyar dominated constituency, often projected as a safe seat for the PMK, will see an all-stakes fight. Party president Anbumani Ramadoss was defeated in 2019, and this time, his wife and president of Pasumai Thayagam, a non-governmental organisation, Sowmiya Anbumani has been fielded.
A cursory look at the constituency, comprising the Assembly segments of Dharmapuri (PMK), Pennagaram (PMK), Palacode (AIADMK), Harur (AIADMK), Paapireddipatti (AIADMK), and Salem’s Mettur (PMK), may look like a disadvantage for the DMK. This was the only other district after Coimbatore that did not return a single DMK MLA in 2021.
