Drama surrounding the Nadigar Sangam elections came to an end after the Madras High Court gave its go-ahead for conducting the polls today. The elections were initially cancelled after the District Registrar of Societies cast doubts over the electoral rolls prepared for the elections.
However, the Madras High Court ordered a stay on the Registrar’s order and gave its green signal for the elections. This time, Vishal’s Pandavar Ani clashes with the Swami Sankardas Ani led by veteran actor-director K Bhagyaraj.
However, super star Rajinikanth said that he will not be able to cast his vote. The actor was in Mumbai for the shoot of his ongoing film Darbar. Despite his efforts to receive the postal vote earlier, he received it only at 6.45 pm on Saturday. “I regret that I was unable to cast my vote because of this delay. It is strange and unfortunate. This should not have happened…,” he tweeted.
Following this, actor S VE Shekher announced his decision to boycott the elections. “As a protest for this kind of disorganized election process and arrangements, I am boycotting this Nadigar Sangam election,” he said.
Actor and candidate Kovai Sarala responded to the allegations of delay in sending postal votes and said that they were dispatched as per law immediately after the elections were announced. However, the delay in postal votes reaching the recipient is due to transportation delay, she told.