Palaniswami to begin tour of Tamil Nadu on July 7 as part of poll campaign
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami is set to undertake a tour of the State from Coimbatore on July 7. As part of the first phase of the Makkalai Kaappom, Thamizhagathai Meetpom campaign, he is scheduled to visit 34 Assembly constituencies. Between July 7 and 21, Mr. Palaniswami will visit Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, and Villupuram districts, a press release said.
The party has also announced an agitation against alleged inefficient administration of the municipal corporation in Kumbakonam on July 7.
In another release, Mr. Palaniswami named former MP T.G. Venkateshbabu and D. John Thangam as the party's organisation secretaries. Former legislator Purasai V.S. Babu was named the secretary of party's north Chennai northwest district unit and R. Jayasudharshan was named secretary of the party's Kanniyakumari West district unit.
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