Thanjavur: In a bid to garner media consideration, candidates in Tamil Nadu are getting artistic with their campaigning methods.
An impartial candidate Santosh went to file his nomination from Thanjavur constituency in Tamil Nadu on Monday (March 15) carrying a watermelon, reported information company ANI.
He stated that he got here to file his nomination with the fruit because it was his allotted election image. He is contesting on the identical image for the fourth time in a row.
“Parties are promising change. Cinema actors and seasoned politicians contesting again cannot be seen as a change, People like us should get a chance,” he stated. “I don’t have money for an expensive election campaign,” he additional stated.
“I got 100 votes the first time I contested. Last time I got more than 400 votes. I am expecting to at least get 10,000 votes in this election. I may even win if people support me,” he added.
Candidate Hari Nadar went to file his nomination from the Alangulam constituency sporting 4.25 kilograms of gold.
Thanga Shanmugasundaram, a consultant of a farmers affiliation on Monday paid his election deposit in cash and previous rupee notes when he filed his nomination from the Ariyalur constituency.
In one other comparable incident from Nagapattinam meeting constituency, an impartial candidate Baskar filed his nomination paying his safety deposit with Rs 20 notes which took officers a very long time to rely, thus attracting media consideration.
The nomination submitting window for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections is open until 3 pm on March 19.
The meeting elections in Tamil Nadu can be held in a single section on April 6 and the counting of votes can be accomplished on May 2. Polls can be held for 234 seats within the state with the Congress-DMK and BJP-AIADMK alliance being the key teams contesting in opposition to one another.
(With inputs from ANI)
