Coimbatore: The powerful DMK has begun the process of choosing candidates for the selection of urban local agencies throughout the state.
While interviews for potential candidates have begun in Chennai, Madurai and several other places before Pongal, Electricity V Senthil Balaji will interview the party ticket aspirants in Coimbatore from Monday.
“People who have submitted a request to fight for polls for various posts in the company, City and Panchayats City can participate in interviews,” said Secretary of the DMK of the Nimbatore N Karthik Electric District.
Initially, the interview would be held for candidates from the city and then for them from Pollachi, Mettupalayam and Panchayats and Town Panchayats on the second day on Tuesday.
Handidates will be elected as soon as the interview and list of selected names will occur sent to the party headquarters, where it will be resolved.
Because Coimbatore remains an important place for DMK, candidate selection will be a difficult process, partymen said.
“While the financial background will be a factor, the reputation of candidates among the voters and the good intentions they enjoy among the parties will also mean a lot,” said a DMK official.
In Chennai, the party began interviewing potential candidates for two weeks.
Then and the same thing has been completed in several places like RK Nagar, Purger, Thousands of Lights, Chepauk-Triplicane and Anna Nagar.
Interviews were carried out by the panel consisting of senior leaders such as Daridhi Maran.
Although there is a minimum of 15 to 25 applications from each ward, the panel has chosen three names per environment after the interview.
This list will be sent to the high party order to select candidates.
The selection of candidates has begun in Madurai and Trichy too.
BJP has also started an interview in full swing to choose candidates.
The party has conducted interviews in Chennai from January 5 and senior party, including former PON Minister Radhakrishnan and Karu Nagarajan State Secretary General, have met with candidates from all 200 wards in Chennai.
The Safron Party will conduct similar interviews in Coimbatore and Madurai, followed by other parts of the country.
After all candidates interviewed, the command of the high party will announce the last list of candidates.
AIADMK men say candidates will be announced at the right time.