Due to a disruption in the setting up of a table at the Dhantoni
panchayat Union
office, the counting of votes for the 8th ward member of the Karur
district panchayat began one hour late. By-elections for the positions of
district panchayat 8th Ward Member, K. Paramathi
panchayat Union 8th Ward Member, Krishnarayapuram
panchayat Union Chithalawai
panchayat President, and 7
panchayat Ward Member were conducted on the 9th in Karur district. At five places, the vote will be counted today (Oct. 12).
Thanesh N. Muthukumar, who withdrew from the
office to fight the Krishnarayanapuram
assembly elections as the
district panchayat Deputy
leader after winning the AIADMK
election, and A. Kannayan, who lost the general
election for the Karur
district panchayat 8th Ward on favor of the DMK. The Dhantoni
panchayat Union
office counts the votes cast in the
district panchayat ward member election. For this, security measures were implemented. The AIADMK claimed that the counting tables were not on the timeline provided to them yesterday, with the recounting set to begin at 8 a.m.
As a result, within 10 minutes of the beginning of the vote counting, the DMK and AIADMK, who had assembled at the counting centre, pushed each other, began arguing, and attacked each other. As a result, there was a commotion. As a result, the counting of votes was halted, and riot
police were dispatched. After that, after a half-hour break, the vote counting proceeded.