Nadigar Sangam elections: Vijay, Suriya, Vikram cast their votes; Rajinikanth blames ‘unfortunate’ delay for his absence

Lok Sabha elections and even simultaneous assembly polls in some states were talk of town till last month, but buzz is t any less for  Nigar Sangam elections. polls for film artists’ body, officially kwn as  South Indian Artistes' Association (SIAA), held in Tamil Nu on Sunday saw who’s who of Kollywood turn up, while many were conspicuous by ir absence. Vijay, Suriya, Vikram, Vishal were among those who fulfilled ir duty by casting ir votes, while Rajinikanth rued ‘strange and unfortunate’ delay in receiving his postal vote to give polls a miss. 

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Vijay, Suriya, Vikram, me typical entries, as one would expect, escorted by ir entour, as crowd immediately gared to catch ir glimpse at  St.Ebas Higher Secondary School in Mylapore. 

Veterans Khushbu Sundar, Shivakumar, were among ors who arrived at venue to cast ir votes. Arya, Karthi, were some of or celebrities seen at venue.

Nasser, who is current President of union, too was snapped on his way to venue.  General Secretary Vishal said, "I thank court which intervened timely and me this elections possible.I am General Secy, if I have to make everyone happy than I will have to keep an eye on everyone,this is t possible. This election is of money power vs integrity."

Or biggies like Kamal Haasan and Ajith were yet to arrive at time of publishing this story. 

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Meanwhile, a day before, Rajinikanth h tweeted, “I am currently shooting in Mumbai. I received my postal vote for  Nigar Sangam elections only at 6:45pm this evening, despite efforts I took to receive it earlier. I regret that I was unable to cast my vote because of this delay. It is strange and unfortunate. This should t have happened ...[sic]."

  Nigar Sangam elections are being held for various positions of union of actors and technicians of Tamil film industry. 

contest this time is between Vishal-led Pandavar Ani and  K Bhagyaraj-led Swami Sankaras Ani.  While incumbent Vishal will be contesting against Ishri Ganesh for  General Secretary’s post, K Bhagyaraj will hope to beat Nasser to be new President. Karthi and Prasanth are contenders for treasurer’s post. 

As per reports, construction of  Nigar Sangam building in Chennai is one of main factors in election. While Vishal reportedly beat Sarathkumar by raising  this issue in 2015, work on building is yet to be completed. 

court h allowed elections to be held after it was called off over objections from  District Registrar of Societies over electoral rolls.