Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Thursday announced VNP Venkatraman, party's Alandur town unit secretary as the AIADMK candidate for the by-election to Alandur Assembly constituency to be held on April 24.
The by-election was necessitated by the resignation of Panruti S Ramachandran who was representing Alandur constituency. Ramachandran resigned as the member of the State Assembly and as the presidium chairman of the DMDK on December 10. Later, he has joined the AIADMK.