Summary:
The high command also ignored his request to give the seat to his elder son and Youth Congress state president, Hassan Moulana. Minorities are a traditional vote bank of the Congress and considered it their own party. Another working president K Jayakumar gets Tiruvallur, the only reserved seat of Congress, amid competition from former MP P Viswanathan and SC/ST wing president Selvaperunthagai. Despite recording successive victories in the first three general elections, Congress could not establish itself in Theni till Aaroon emerged on the scene. CHENNAI: The first list of the Congress in Tamil Nadu - ignoring the minority community and delaying announcement of the candidate for Sivaganga - has evoked mixed reactions from the party..