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Trichy: With the T T V Dhinakaran-led Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) keen on fielding former mayor of Trichy corporation Sarubala Thondaiman, the Trichy Lok Sabha constituency may witness a three-cornered contest in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. If AIADMK front fields DMDK in Trichy, our winning chances are high,” a senior functionary in AMMK said. “Wherever PMK, CPI, CPM, and DMDK contests, we stand a chance to win,” a senior leader with AMMK added. AMMK functionaries point out that compared to the DMK and AIADMK fronts, Sarubala was familiar among voters in Srirangam, Trichy West and Trichy East assembly segments while the fight for the Rockfort segment would be a three-cornered one. Sarubala had contested the 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Trichy unsuccessfully on Congress ticket.“We have already started our groundwork by appointing booth committees across the constituency..