Passengers queue up to buy tickets at a suburban station in Chennai. Express Photo: Srinivas K
Tamil Nadu Telangana Assembly Elections COVID-19 March 8, 9 Highlights: Tamil Nadu recorded 556 positive cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the state tally to 8,55,677. Among these, Chennai reported 229 positive cases, bringing the city’s total to 2,37,204. The state recorded three deaths on Monday, putting the state toll at 12,521 All three had succumbed due to comorbidities. A total of 532 patients were discharged following treatment, taking the total number of recoveries to 8,39,138.
Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami promised that the AIADMK will give a monthly allowance of Rs 1,500 to all housewives and six free gas cylinders annually to each family if it was returned to power after the upcoming Assembly elections. The statement comes a day after DMK chief M K Stalin announced a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000 for housewives if his party was voted to power.
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After several rounds of talks, the DMK on Monday signed the seat-sharing agreement with CPI(M), allotting them six seats for the assembly election. The deal was signed by DMK president MK Stalin and CPI(M) state secretary K Balakrishnan at the DMK headquarters ‘Anna Arivalayam’ in Chennai. Addressing the reporters, Balakrishnan said since they have a political responsibility to make AIADMK suffer a crushing defeat and also to stop BJP from gaining a foothold in Tamil Nadu, they have settled for six seats.
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Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) coordinator Seeman Sunday introduced his party’s candidates on a single stage at a public meeting held in YMCA ground near Royapettah in Chennai. The Tamil Nationalist party, which provided equal seats to men and women in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, has once again fielded an equal number of men and women in the upcoming assembly election. 117 men and 117 women were seated on either side of the stage with their leader, Seeman, standing in the centre and introducing the candidates to the gathering.
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