• HOME
  • BUSINESS
Login
Signup
  • News
  • Politics
  • Poll
  • Legal
  • Metro
  • Crime
  • Entertainment
  • World
  • Sports
  • Survey
  • CBI books former Aircel promoter C Sivasankaran's companies in Rs 600 cr loan fraud
  • Govt returns recommendation to collegium on elevation of Justice K M Joseph as SC judge
  • SC upholds HC verdict acquitting JMM supremo Soren in murder case
27 Apr, 2018 IST
You are here : Home » Poll
Posted On : 9 Dec, 2017  Source : PTI  Place : Chennai 
Praveen to helm RK Nagar bypoll again as returning officer
The Returning Officer of R K Nagar constituency, K Velusamy, was today transferred and in his place, an IAS official, Praveen P Nair appointed.

The appointment comes two days after a controversy broke out over the rejection of nomination papers of actor Vishal Krishna and Jayalalithaa's niece J Deepa.

According to a communique from the Election Commission to the Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu, Rajesh Lakhoni, the Election Commission of India approved the name of Praveen Nair based on the recommendation of the CEO.

Opposition parties, including DMK, had demanded replacement of Velusamy, a state government offcial.

Nair, presently managing director of the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women, had helmed the RK Nagar poll process as returning officer during March, April this year.

However, the bypoll was cancelled in April due to allegations of bribing voters.

Incidentally, Nair had replaced another state official Padmaja Devi in March after DMK demanded her replacement.

A copy of the EC letter was made available to the media here by the CEO, Tamil Nadu.

AIADMK's E Madusudhanan, DMK's N Maruthuganesh and sidelined AIADMK leader T T V Dhinakaran, besides some independents are in the fray for the December 21 bypoll, necessitated due to the death of J Jayalalithaa, who represented the assembly segment, in December last.
HEAD LINES
  • SC upholds HC verdict acquitting JMM supremo Soren in murder case
  • Not elevating U'khand CJ to SC exposes PM's revenge politics: Congress
  • Govt returns recommendation to collegium on elevation of Justice K M Joseph as SC judge
TOP NEWS
  • Kairana LS, Noorpur Assembly bypoll on May 28, counting May 31
  • I-T raids on 11 contractors in poll-bound Karnataka
  • Bengal Panchayat polls: HC rejects opposition's petitions, asks SEC to discuss security arrangements
  • Survey indicates 'photo-finish' in Karnataka polls
  • WB rural polls : 1 killed in violence over nomination filing on extended date
Comments
Please signup or login to comment on current news
  • BJP wins all 5 municipal corporations in Jharkhand

© 2018 | All Rights reserved | The First Mail

  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Terms Of Use
  • CONTACT US

Powered by : Gigasoft™