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DMK-AIADMK battle it out over 84 constituencies

March 22, 2011

The ruling DMK and opposition AIADMK will lock horns in 84 constituencies in the April 13 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

While AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa would face N Anand, a novice in the electoral arena at Srirangam, DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi will take on Rajendran of AIADMK at Tiruvarur.

AIADMK has fielded Saidai Duraiswamy, a known face in the political circles, against Karunanidhi's son and Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin at Kolathur constituency.