Polling began on Monday in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore Lok Sabha constituency four months after it was cancelled. Among the 28 candidates fighting it out, the main contenders are ruling AIADMK’s AC Shanmugam and the DMK’s DM Kathir Anand.
The election, which was originally scheduled for 18 April, was postponed after Rs 10 crore cash was seized from DMK leader Durai Murugan’s warehouse by the Election Commission. His son is the DMK candidate from the constituency a point of concern repeatedly raised by the AIADMK.