Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections: Nehru pins hopes on development plank to score a hat-trick

Riding on the back of a clutch of development projects executed  over the past five years in the city, the DMK’s principal secretary and Minister for Municipal Administration K.N. Nehru is hoping to overcome any negative voter sentiment owing to the recent allegations of corruption against him and achieve a hat-trick of victories in the Tiruchi West constituency.

The 73-year-old veteran, known for his organisational skills, is entering the fray for the sixth straight elections in the constituency. Mr. Nehru first won from Tiruchi West (known as Tiruchi II before being renamed after the delimitation in 2009) in 2006 after shifting from his native Lalgudi, but lost two subsequent elections in 2011, including the by-election held after the demise of N. Mariam Pitchai of the AIADMK that year.