Tension in TN's Pootaloorani as villagers waylay minister
New Indian ExpressPOOTALOORANI: The poll boycott declared by Pootaloorani villagers took a violent turn on Friday, and only seven of the total 931 eligible voters of the village exercised their franchise. In addition to the seven villagers, 19 on-duty officials, who were issued election duty certificates, cast votes at the polling booth in Karungulam Panchayat Union Middle School here, an official said. On Friday, tense moments unfolded in Pottaloorani after the locals waylaid Fisheries Minister Anitha R Radhakrishnan and Ottapidaram MLA MC Shanmugaiah, who arrived to convince the protesting villagers against the poll boycott, from entering the village. Nearly an hour after the legislators were shown the doors, two vehicles suspiciously loaded with weapons, including wooden logs and machetes, carrying goons entered the village, sources said.
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