Jaya asks cadres to campaign hard in Tamil Nadu election

AIADMK allies will contest on election symbol of the dravidian party

With the Tamil Nadu assembly election nearing close, AIADMK Supermo J Jayalalithaa has asked her party cadres to campaign hard as if she is the candidate in all the assembly constituencies.

In a letter to the party cadres on Friday, Jayalalithaa urged them to work hard with the feeling that she is standing as the candidate in all the 234 assembly constituencies in the state. The state is going for polling on Monday.

The AIADMK is going to polls aligning with couple of smaller parties. The ruling AIADMK has fielded its candidates in 227 seats and the balance seven is given to its allies.

The allies will also be contesting on AIADMK's symbol.

This is the first time in the party's history that AIADMK is contesting on more than 200 seats. Though the allies have been given seven seats, they will contest under AIADMK's "two leaves" symbol. Thus, for the first time, the AIADMK symbol will be seen in all the 234 constituencies.

In her letter Jayalalithaa urged the cadres to remind the people that the DMK-Congress combine will inflict harm to the welfare of Sri Lankan Tamils.

She said if the family politics as propagated by DMK finds firm root in Tamil Nadu then it would impact an individual's freedom and urged the party men to remind people how a single family dominated the movie, cricket, media, television world between 2006-2011.

Jayalalithaa also asked the AIADMK cadres to explain to the people her government's short and long term welfare measures and also the party's poll promises like free cell phones to all ration card holders, 50 percent subsidy for purchase of scooters by women, free power up to 100 units and others.