<p>The notification calling for the polls on April 13 will be issued by Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala. While all is settled in the DMK-led front with the party contesting from 119 seats, differences persist among the allies in the combine spearheaded by AIADMK with actor-politician Vijayakant's DMDK and Left parties insisting on particular constituencies and protesting the lead partner's 'unilateral' announcement of 160 candidates.<br /><br />The parties including Left and DMDK are learnt to have engaged in some fire-fighting exercise, with AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaaa postponing her campaign schedule, due to start today, to iron out the differences.<br /><br />In what could be perhaps the last election for the DMK patriarch Karunanidhi considering his age, the 87 year-old leader is moving to his home turf Tiruvarur and his son to suburban Kolathur in Chennai. Both presently represent different constituencies from Chennai.<br /><br />AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa will be contesting from the temple town of Srirangam in Tiruchirappalli, where her family had its roots.</p>
<p>The notification calling for the polls on April 13 will be issued by Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala. While all is settled in the DMK-led front with the party contesting from 119 seats, differences persist among the allies in the combine spearheaded by AIADMK with actor-politician Vijayakant's DMDK and Left parties insisting on particular constituencies and protesting the lead partner's 'unilateral' announcement of 160 candidates.<br /><br />The parties including Left and DMDK are learnt to have engaged in some fire-fighting exercise, with AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaaa postponing her campaign schedule, due to start today, to iron out the differences.<br /><br />In what could be perhaps the last election for the DMK patriarch Karunanidhi considering his age, the 87 year-old leader is moving to his home turf Tiruvarur and his son to suburban Kolathur in Chennai. Both presently represent different constituencies from Chennai.<br /><br />AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa will be contesting from the temple town of Srirangam in Tiruchirappalli, where her family had its roots.</p>