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. He faced tough competition from Joseph Louis, elder son of L Adaikalaraj, who represented Trichy four times in the Parliament. Despite recording successive victories in the first three general elections, Congress could not establish itself in Theni till Aaroon emerged on the scene..