more-inBJP candidate Karu Nagarajan, actor Vishal and J. Deepa, niece of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, on Monday filed their nomination papers to contest in the R.K. Nagar byelection scheduled for December 21. Mr. Vishal arrived at the Chennai Corporation Zonal office in Tondiarpet on a bike, riding pillion. Underlining the fact that he just wants to be their representative and not a politician, Mr. Vishal said, “This bypoll comes at the right time. People must question those in power.”He said he was not thinking beyond the R.K. Nagar bypoll at the moment. ‘Vote for my aunt’Jayalalithaa’s niece, J. Deepa, who filed her nomination, hoped that the people of R.K. Nagar would vote for ‘her aunt’.

Source: The Hindu December 05, 2017 01:52 UTC