AIADMK will field candidates in Madurantakam and Dharapuram bypolls: Palaniswami
AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced that his party will contest bypolls in Madurantakam and Dharapuram following the resignation of two legislators. He also criticized the current government led by C. Joseph Vijay regarding police accountability and infrastructure projects.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political instability and opposition maneuvering within the Tamil Nadu state legislature.
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) announced that his party would field candidates in the bypoll to the Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies .
Pointing out that his party had bagged the two seats in the Assembly election, Mr. Palaniswami told reporters outside the Assembly chamber that the vacancies in the two constituencies had arisen because of the resignation of two legislators, who won on the AIADMK ticket and quit later due to “horse trading.”
Mr. Palaniswami complained that Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and his government had not answered in the Assembly the questions raised by his party concerning the Police department.
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