DMK cadres celebrate in violation of lockdown norms

May 02, 2021 09:28 pm | Updated 09:28 pm IST - MADURAI

DMK supporters burst crackers at Tiruppalai in Madurai as P. Moorthy was leading by a huge margin of votes in Madurai East constituency.

DMK supporters burst crackers at Tiruppalai in Madurai as P. Moorthy was leading by a huge margin of votes in Madurai East constituency.

Many Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supporters burst crackers in Tiruppalai on Sunday, in violation of the total lockdown imposed by the State government, to celebrate the victory of DMK’s Madurai East candidate P. Moorthy.

The supporters burst crackers in the afternoon itself as the trends from morning showed that Mr. Moorthy was leading by a huge margin. Mr. Moorthy defeated R. Gopalakrishnan of All India Anna Davida Munnetra Kazhagam by a margin of 49,604 votes.

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