Coimbatore: Makkal Needhi MAIAM (MNM) has released a list of first candidates for polls of urban local agencies, schedules that have not been announced.
MNM Founder Kamal Haasan released a list on Thursday, named 47 candidates, most of them women, for the position of the Council of the Environment with City Corporation.
Almost all of them were fresh faces, conducted a poll for the first time.
“This election will be a turning point for MNM.
Urban local bodies that will be regulated by MNM members will be praised as a model for all countries,” he said in a statement.
Kamal said MNM had pocketed more votes in urban areas, compared to villages, in both selections Lok Sabha and assembly.
He said the Tamil Nadu people missed an efficient and honest representative in the local body, which neck far in corruption, for years.
“There are many problems that are not solved for years on each road.
It is our duty to win the election and solve it,” said the founder of the MNM.
He called the candidates to develop a suitable strategy for their area and work tirelessly for victory.
Kamal said the candidates must take MNM policy, party plans and party symbols for each voter.
“For the next, your goal should only win,” he told them.
The press statement says this is the first list and other candidates will be announced soon.
Party officials said candidates belonged to different age groups, and social and economic backgrounds.
“There are housewives, entrepreneurs and activists.” He said the MNM would demand the state government to enforce the integrated local Tamil Nadu governance law, introducing a computerized local body service activated by smartphones, finding a permanent solution for urban floods, establishing a noble committee and Sabhas area, and ensuring governance Local fast and free corruption.