2024 Lok Sabha polls: DMDK’s Vijaya Prabhakaran to withdraw election petition against Congress MP Manickam Tagore’s victory
DMDK youth wing secretary V. Vijaya Prabhakaran has filed to withdraw his election petition challenging the 2024 victory of Congress MP Manickam Tagore in Virudhunagar. Prabhakaran stated he wishes to focus on public life rather than ongoing litigation regarding the contested election results.
Why it matters
The withdrawal marks the end of a significant legal challenge in a closely contested Indian parliamentary seat, potentially stabilizing the political representation of the Virudhunagar constituency.
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) youth wing secretary V. Vijaya Prabhakaran, has decided to withdraw an election petition filed by him before the Madras High Court in 2024 challenging the victory of incumbent Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president B. Manickam Tagore from Virudhunagar Lok Sabha constituency in the parliamentary elections.
In an application filed before Justice N. Sathish Kumar, Mr. Prabhakaran said he does not want to take the election petition for trial since he had decided to bestow his attention to public life rather than continuing the litigation pending for last two years. He sought the leave of the court, under Sections 109 and 110 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, to withdraw the election petition.
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