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Madras HC blow to Chidambaram, to face trial | In a major blow to Union Home Minister P
Chidambaram, the Madras High Court (HC) on Thursday refused to reject a plea filed
by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader RS Raja Kannappan
challenging the former’s election from the Sivaganga constituency in the May 2009
Lok Sabha elections, making way for the home minister’s trial. Kannappan, who
narrowly lost to Chidambaram by 3,354 votes, had alleged rigging and “manipulation”
of elections, and had filed the petition seeking declaration of the election as
void. He had claimed that votes secured by him in the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and
15th rounds of counting in the Alangudi assembly segment were "ingeniously added
to Chidambaram's kitty and vice versa". Chidambaram is already under fire from
the opposition for his alleged role in the multi crore 2G- spectrum scam and Aircel-Maxis
deal during former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran's term.
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