Madras HC declares O P Ravindranath’s victory as Theni MP null & void
After taking up a petition filed by DMK leader Milani, the Madras High Court has declared the victory of O P Ravindranath in the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 from the Theni parliamentary seat “invalid“. The court declared the victory as “null and void“.
The petitioner had alleged that Ravindranath had illegally distributed money to voters to achieve victory in the polls.
It was also alleged that the accused had concealed information on his sources of income in the election affidavit.
Ravindranath is the expelled leader of the AIADMK and son of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister c.
The judgment has come as a setback for the father and son duo who were expelled by the AIADMK party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami last July.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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