Video of AIADMK nominee R Viswanathan handing out cash to voters surfaces, complaint filed

Speaking to Indianexpress.com, Natham’s incumbent MLA Andi Ambalam, who is seeking re-election on a DMK ticket, said a complaint has been lodged with the returning officer and Tamil Nadu’s Chief Electoral officer Satyabrata Sahoo has also been informed.

Written by Janardhan Koushik

Chennai | Updated: March 16, 2021 04:23 PM IST

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Former minister and AIADMK candidate from Natham constituency (Dindigul district) R Viswanathan was allegedly caught on camera distributing cash to voters.

In a video of the alleged act, Viswanathan is purportedly seen taking out currency notes from his pocket and distributing them to voters. In the first half of the video, a group of women is seen standing in a row and an alleged AIADMK cadre appears in the frame putting currency notes on each of their plates.

The women had gathered to give a traditional welcome (aarti) to Vishwanathan, who campaigned extensively in the constituency on Sunday.

“The incident took place at Mulaiyur village on Sunday. He (Viswanathan) went there to campaign and distributed currency notes of the denomination of 50, to almost hundred villagers. We have raised the issue with our party high command as well,” he said.

Dindigul district collector M Vijayalakshmi said the officials concerned have been directed to look into the complaint filed against the former minister at Natham police station by EC’s video surveillance team. The flying squad, along with town police personnel, have reached the area and further investigation is on.

Janardhan Koushik

Janardhan Koushik is Deputy Copy Editor of indianexpress.com. He is a New Media journalist with over five years of reporting experience in the industry. He has a keen interest in politics, sports, films, and other civic issues. Janardhan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication from SRM Arts and Science College and a PG Diploma in New Media from Asian College of Journalism, one of the top ranked journalism schools in India. He started his career with India Today group as a sub-editor as part of the sports team in 2016. He has also a wide experience as a script-writer having worked for short-films, pilot films as well as a radio jockey cum show producer while contributing for an online Tamil FM. As a multilingual journalist, he actively tracks the latest development in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry utiling his well-established networks to contribute significantly to breaking news stories. He has also worked as a sports analyst for Star Sports. ... Read More

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