DMK leader Stalin alleges cash for vote by AIADMK to win by-election
Chennai, Dec 17 (IBNS) Tamil Nadu's main opposition DMK leader MK Stalin has accused the ruling AIADMK of distributing Rs 100 crore among voters to try to win a byelection in Chennai's RK Nagar, media reports said on Sunday.
In a letter to the Election Commission, Stalin wrote: "Tamil Nadu is witnessing the large-scale distribution of money to the tune of more than Rs 100 crores by the ruling AIADMK party to the voters for the by-election to RK Nagar Assembly Constituency."
The seat was earlier represented by late AIADMK supremo and former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of Jayalalithaa on Dec 5 last year.
According to media reports, Stalin claimed that AIADMK spent Rs. 6,000 on each voter and took the help of the police to carry out the operation to keep control of the seat.
Stalin has urged the Election Commission to take action against AIADMK candidate E Madhusudhanan.
Earlier in April, the Election Commission had cancelled the by-elections in RK Nagar after cash for vote videos surfaced.
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