Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections | When media lent a helping hand

March 18, 2021 01:26 am | Updated 03:19 am IST - Virudhunagar

Industrialist M. Thangaraj had distributed essentials to over 60,000 families in the Virudhunagar Assembly constituency during the COVID-19 lockdown. However, while filing his nomination on behalf of the AMMK on Wednesday, he realised that he had forgotten to bring ₹10,000 meant for deposit. Journalists on duty immediately mobilised money from among themselves to help the candidate pay the deposit on time to the Returning Officer.

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