Meet discusses election strategies held at Tuticorin

To ensure smooth electioneering and free and fair elections, an all-party meeting was conducted at the Collectorate here on Tuesday with Collector R. Palaniyandi in the chair.


The Collector appealed to the representatives of recognised political parties to strictly follow the guidelines of State Election Commission during the poll and on the days of polling.

He said the functionaries and leaders of parties should desist from personal criticism against candidates, using places of worship for campaigning and bribing voters, to ensure smooth polls.

Superintendent of Police John Nicholson and District Revenue Officer P. Anbarasu participated.

District deputy secretary of Communist Party of India M. Pothiyadiyaan, district executive committee member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) K. Arjunan, district literary wing secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Natarajan, town secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Jayapandian and State literary wing deputy secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Maharajan represented their parties.