Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Tuesday exuded confidence that BJP will be victorious in the upcoming bypolls of Chinchwad and Pune.
On behalf of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) fielded its candidate Nana Kate from the Chinchwad assembly constituency for a bypoll on Tuesday.
EPS faction has circulated forms to get the approval of the General Council members for former MLA Thiru K S Thennarasu's candidature for the Erode (East) constituency.
"A candidate who is well known in the constituency, EPS candidate KS Thennarasu is a two-time MLA and we want someone who will be the right person to win. We requested O Panneerselvam to also support the Edappadi Palaniswami's candidate," Annamalai said
BJP Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai made the remark while addressing a press conference in Chennai. He earlier in the day met with the AIADMK leaders O Panneerselvam (OPS) and Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS).
The election in Tamil Nadu's Erode (east) are scheduled to be held on February 27 as the death of Congress leader Thiru E Thirumahan Everaa necessitated them.
The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday released a list of candidates for the upcoming by-elections to be held in West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh.
Tamil Nadu BJP leaders said the party would send its inputs to the national leadership for the final decision. Party sources said BJP would make a final decision on Erode East bye-election within two days.