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This Lok Sabha election to see many political families pitted against kin

In Tamil Nadu, the Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit head, Tamilisai Soundararajan, is campaigning against her uncle

Illustration by Binay Sinha
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Illustration by Binay Sinha

Business Standard New Delhi
This Lok Sabha elections will see many members of the same families pitted against one another. In Tamil Nadu, the Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit head, Tamilisai Soundararajan, is campaigning against her uncle (father's brother) Vasanthakumar (representing the Congress) in Kanniyakumari. She is contesting the Thoothukudi seat. For the Andipatti seat, two brothers — Logirajan and Maharajan — are contesting on the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam tickets, respectively. Vishnu Prasad of the Congress will be taking on his wife's brother-in-law, Anbumani Ramadoss, representing the Pattali Makkal Katchi (part of the National Democratic Alliance) in

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