THANJAVUR : DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin who kick-started campaigning for the Lok Sabha election from Tiruchy on Friday stayed overnight in Thanjavur and began to canvass votes for the constituency’s DMK candidate right from his morning walk on Saturday.
The chief minister, who was staying at a hotel in Thanjavur, chose Annai Sathya stadium, the district sports stadium, for his morning walk. DMK’s Thanjavur candidate S Murasoli accompanied him. There, he interacted with others who were also taking their morning walk and canvassed for Murasoli. He also interacted with children playing at the stadium.
From there, the DMK leader headed to Kamarajar vegetable market in the city where he interacted with the traders and their customers. He introduced Murasoli and asked them to vote for him.
On the way back to the hotel, he stopped at a tea stall in East Main Street and interacted with the owner.
Once at the hotel, office-bearers from various farmers’ associations met him and extended support for the DMK-led alliance in the coming election.
In the evening Stalin left for Koradacherry in Tiruvarur district to participate in a public meeting and canvass votes for Murasoli as well as the CPI’s candidate for Nagapattinam V Selvaraj.