According to officials, the tokecns were seized from car of DMK's South Union Treasurer Sarbudeen in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu following a tip-off about the distribution of money through tokens during the campaign for the upcoming by-polls for Erode assembly seat.
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary and MP Vaiko on Tuesday exuded confidence that Congress- DMK allinace will win the Erode by-polls scheduled later this month.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in an official order announced the candidature of Bajrang Kumar Mahto for the upcoming bye-elections in Jharkhand assembly elections from the Ramgarh constituency.
On Sunday, Senior PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced "We have decided to participate in the by-elections and Imran Khan will contest from all seats."
The Congress' announcement came as a surprise as Elangovan stated on Saturday that he would not contest the bypoll but sought the ticket for his son Sanjay Sampath.
Leaders of Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) faction did not talk to the media after the meeting and said "everything went well". Panneerselvam said it was courtesy meeting.
As per the July 11 general council meeting of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Palaniswami has been elected as the interim general secretary of the party now.
Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras in an interview with ANI said that the by-poll results also prove that Nitish Kumar, who used to claim himself as the leader of the downtrodden and the Dalit community has been rejected by the people. The people have established their faith in the leaders