EC may cancel Chennai's RK Nagar bypolls over bribery scandal?
According to reports, the Sasikala faction of the AIADMK gave Rs 4,000 to every voter in the north Chennai locality.
This is also home constituency of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
The scandal came to fore after tax officials seized some documents during raid at state health minister Vijaya Bhaskar’s house on Friday.
The papers, leaked to the media, purportedly show the Sasikala-led AIADMK faction paid more than Rs 89.5 crore to seven ministers.
This money has been used for distribution among RK Nagar voters, reports said.
The ministers were allegedly given a target of 224,145 voters to bribe.
Since the release of the document, demands for cancellation of the April 12 polls were made by the rival O Panneerselvam faction of the AIADMK.
A decision by the Election Commission is expected by Monday.
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