Coimbatore: Two independent candidates , who had filed nomination for Coimbatore and Pollachi parliament constituencies, withdrew their nominations on Thursday. Independent candidate R Ramalingam from Thekkampatti near Mettupalayam had filed nomination for Coimbatore parliament constituency. He was a member of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam. After AMMK’s main candidate NR Appadurai’s nomination was accepted by the election commission, the alternative candidate withdrew his.K Sugumar, former AIADMK MP from Pollachi parliament constituency, was a member of AMMK. He was the alternative candidate of AMMK for Pollachi parliament constituency for the general election. The main AMMK candidate S Muthukumar’s nomination for Pollachi was accepted after the scrutiny on Wednesday. Subsequently, Sugumar, who was an alternative candidate, withdrew his nomination.Election commission officials said that candidates can withdraw their nominations on Friday from 11am to 3pm.

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