Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Sunday ahead of the forthcoming assembly polls in the southern states. Shah will launch Vijay Sankalp Mahasampark Abhiyaan, a door-to-door campaign in Kanyakumari and attend the valedictory function of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kerala Vijay Yatra in Thiruvananthapuram. BJP is contesting Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu in alliance with ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). Tamil Nadu assembly polls will be held in a single phase on 6 April and the counting of votes will be done on 2 May. As many as 6,28,23,749 electors will choose candidates for the sixteenth Legislative Assembly in Tamil Nadu.

Source: Mint March 07, 2021 03:45 UTC