T.T.V Dinakaran to contest in RK Nagar bypoll

Sidelined All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader TTV Dinakaran on 23 October announced that he will be contesting the RK Nagar bypoll in Chennai.

Speaking to media, TTV Dinakaran told media here, "I will contest in the RK Nagar bypoll."

On 12 October, the Election Commission (EC) ordered the Tamil Nadu government to conduct the R K Nagar constituency bypoll before December 31.

Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa represented RK Nagar for two terms before her death in December last year.

-ANI