EC cancels bypoll for Assembly seat held by late Karunanidhi
The Election Commission has cancelled the bypoll for Tamil Nadu Assembly seat of Thiruvarur, which has been lying vacant since the death of DMK leader M Karunanidhi in August last year. This comes after Chief Secretary Girija Vaidyanathan urged the EC not to hold the bypoll citing ongoing relief works post cyclone Gaja. Thiruvarur was one of the worst-affected districts. 