Dayanidhi Maran  

Addressing the House, MP Sumalatha Ambareesh said that Karnataka had always followed the orders of the court although the state had never got justice on the issue of sharing Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu.

Chennai Central sees a clash between Pattali Makkal Katchi’s Sam Paul against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s Dayanidhi Maran. Will the voters favour debutant Sam Paul over Maran, who has won thrice?

Some of the popular candidates up for election today are Union ministers Jitendra Singh, Jual Oram, Sadananda Gowda and Pon Radhakrishnan. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and former ministers Dayanidhi Maran and A Raja, and DMK leader Kanimozhi are also among today's candidates. Actor-turned-politician Hema Malini is the star candidate from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh.

Chennai Central sees a face-off between Sam Paul from Pattali Makkal Katchi and Dayanidhi Maran from the DMK
 

Ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha election, Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of MK Stalin of the DMK, campaigned for Dayanidhi Maran at Chennai Central constituency and attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

DMK wants Stalin for chief minister in Tamil Nadu and Rahul Gandhi for Prime Minister, says late party chief Karunanidhi’s nephew Dayanidhi Maran

The argument raised by Maran brothers is that only MPs are supposed to have a restriction on their phone connections, according to the Salaries and Allowance of Members of Parliament Act, the same is not applicable to a Cabinet minister.