HR man in DMDK candidate list; no headroom for Cong alliance

26 Mar 2009, 1927 hrs IST

CHENNAI: Human Resource managers who are back in limelight this recession, seem to have found themselves a political niche as well.

Ma Foi HR consulting MD Pandiarajan, who is an office bearer of the political party DMDK, lead by actor Vijayakanth, has been nominated by the party to contest in the LS elections from the Virudhunagar constituency in South Tamil Nadu. The party has been involved in employment livelihood camps, especially for the physically and socially challenged, in partnership with Ma Foi, in the past.

DMDK released its list of candidates in for nine constituencies, mainly in southern and central TN, on Thursday, fielding Mr. Pandiarajan as one of them.

The nine constituencies listed included Trichy, Salem, Kanyakumari, Madurai and Dindigul, where the congress and DMK have their strongholds. This is said to indicate a decisive action against any alliance with the DMK-lead DPA or the Congress in the polls. The other constituencies for which candidates were announced were Tirunelveli, Theni and Namakkal.

Poll observers say DMDK’s non-alignment will cost the other two major rival alliances in TN equally, by splitting votes, but not reaching a majority. In the south, Vijay Kanth is likely to garner votes that would normally go to the DMK, while DMDK would eat into PMK votes in the north.

Source:economictimes.indiatimes.com