CONFIRMED: Congress gives ticket to Karti Chidambaram to contest from Sivaganga despite TN Congress' objection

Despite Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) raising objections against his candidature for the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls, the senior leadership of the Congress party has gone ahead with Karti Chidambaram from the Sivaganga constituency.

The state leadership had announced candidates in nine out of the 10 seats in Tamil Nadu for the General elections on Saturday. But there were still question marks who over who'd be representing the party from Sivaganga.

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram had been pushing the case for his son Karti to fight from that seat, even as the state leadership was against it owing to his involvement in scams like Aircel-Maxis and INX media.

But on Sunday, when the Congress party released its ninth list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the name of Karti Chidambaram figured. It came after a meeting between the TNCC leaders and top leaders on the national level.

Even as there were doubts over his candidature, Karti Chidambaram had unofficially begun campaigning from Sivaganga by holding meetings with the local leaders.

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The upcoming Lok Sabha polls will commence on April 11, will be held in seven phases, and conclude on May 19 with the counting of votes taking place on May 23.

Tamil Nadu as a state holds the third lagest number of seats (39) in the lower house of the parliament. The election in the state will take place in a single phase, which will be held on April 18.

Karti Chidambaram and his father P Chidambaram are two of the 12 named as accused in the chargesheet filed by the CBI in the Aircel-Maxis case.

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The Aircel-Maxis case, which arose from the 2G spectrum allocation scam, pertains to FIPB clearances being given to Global Communication Holding Services Limited for investment in Aircel during the time that P Chidambaram was Finance Minister.