DMK leads in Tirumangalam
The Hindu
Nalluchamy won Maravankulam ward 2 of Tirumangalam beating Nagamalai.
Counting of votes for the casual vacancy of ward 16 of Tirumangalam panchayat union began at P. K. N. Boys Higher Secondary School in Tirumangalam, Madurai district, on Tuesday.
In the first round of counting, of the 2,886 votes counted, the major contenders were Jeyaraj of the DMK, who led with 1,861 votes, followed by Tamilalagan of the AIADMK (746).
In the second round, of the 3,317 votes counted, DMK candidate continued the lead by polling 2,003 votes, trailed by the AIADMK candidate with 812 votes.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists