The Madras High Court on Monday ordered that the result of the Coimbatore Corporation election shall be subject to further orders by the court on a writ petition that alleged that there was rampant distribution of cash to voters by almost all parties. The court also ordered a notice to the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission (TNSEC) and wanted to know about the action taken on the complaints.
Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy passed the interim orders on the case filed by the Marumalarchi Makkal Iyakkam, Covai. The organisation had filed another writ petition last week and obtained an order to the Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner to consider its representation seeking permission to campaign against cash for votes during the polls.
During the urgent hearing of its present petition on Monday, the court was informed that it was allowed to campaign for only one day before the polling held on Saturday and that almost all parties bribed the voters freely. In its affidavit, the petitioner organisation said, the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) could not win even a single seat in Coimbatore district during the 2021 Assembly elections.
