Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency’s sitting MP Vijay Vasanth of the Indian National Congress filed his nomination with Returning Officer P.N. Sridhar, at the District Collector’s office in Nagercoil on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
Mr. Vasanth, son of late former MPH. Vasanthakumar, won in the by-election in 2021, contesting against the BJP’s Pon. Radhakrishnan and others. He will be contesting again in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Mr. Vasanth was accompanied by Minister Mano Thangaraj, MLAs J.G. Prince and S. Rajeshkumar when he filed his nomination papers.
This time around too, he will be up against Pon. Radhakrishnan of the BJP, as well as Pasilian Nazerath of the AIADMK and Maria Jennifer Clara Micahel of Naam Tamilar Katchi among others.
According to the details placed by him during the nomination, Mr. Vasanth has assets worth ₹61.90 crores. Further, he has a total of six pending criminal cases against him all booked in police stations under Kanniyakumari jurisdiction.
