New Delhi: The Election Commission late on Sunday cancelled the April 12 bypoll to the RK Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu over the use of money power to influence voters.
Wrong decision, even EC does not want me to win. They can delay but cant deny: TTV Dinakaran(Sasikala faction) on RK Nagar bypoll cancelled pic.twitter.com/FfKppyvuhx? ANI (@ANI_news) April 10, 2017
There were also several complaints of alleged money distribution by AIADMK's Amma faction. Rubbishing the charges, AIADMK leader CR Saraswathi said: “It is not true at all. No one can be seen clearly in the video."
The seat fell vacant after the death of the then chief minister J Jayalalithaa on December 5 and the bypoll is being viewed as a battle of prestige for the two factions of the AIADMK.
The AIADMK (Amma) faction is led by VK Sasikala. The other faction is led by former chief minister O Panneerselvam. On May 27, the EC had recommended to the Tamil Nadu Governor to cancel the notification to hold polls to the Arvakurichi and Thanjavur Assembly constituencies following evidence that a large sum of money was used to influence the voters there.
The Commission had used its constitutional powers in March 2012 recommending to the President cancellation of the notification for a Rajya Sabha biennial election from Jharkhand even after the polling had concluded after it found that money was used to influence voters.
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