Rights’ body to ask parties to maintain political etiquette
An apolitical rights’ body in the city has taken up the ‘trouble’ to ask the political parties to observe propriety while campaigning.
In a major development to the political issues in Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission (EC) has on Friday issued a notice to VK Sasikala over her nomination as general secretary of the AIADMK.
The notice was issued on a petition filed by V Maitreyan, challenging her nomination as general secretary of the AIADMK.
The EC has asked her to respond by February 28, 2017.
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The notice was issued just a day after her loyalist Edappadi K. Palaniswami took oath as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
On Thursday, the O Panneerselvam faction of the AIADMK had moved the EC challenging the election of Sasikala as general secretary of the party, saying she was elevated in violation of the norms.
A 12-member delegation of the faction led by Rajya Sabha MP V Maitreyan met Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi and other top officials and submitted a memorandum demanding that it decline approval to her elevation to the top party post.
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