The AIADMK released its second list of nominees on Thursday, March 21, 2024, for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, and stuck to its approach of fielding mostly new-comers. The list was made public by party general secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami. The party’s first list of candidates was released on March 20, also containing mostly new faces.
Of the 17 candidates named by the party including one in Puducherry, R. Kumaraguru, a three-time legislator who defeated late DMDK leader ‘Captain’ Vijayakant in Ulundurpet during the 2016 Assembly polls, was one of only three known figures. The other two were: Singai G. Ramachandran, the party’s IT wing head, and Shimla Muthuchozhan, daughter-in-law of DMK’s former Minister, S.P. Sarguna Pandian, who joined the AIADMK a few weeks ago. Ms Muthuchozhan is the only woman nominee of the 33 candidates announced by the AIADMK.
Of 39 Lok Sabha constituencies, the Dravidian major will contest in 32 seats, leaving five seats to its ally, DMDK and one each to Puthiya Tamilagam and the Social Democratic Party of India.
