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- The AIADMK has left prominent dissident leaders, including MLAs S.P.
- Velumani, C.Ve.
- Shanmugam and Natham R. Viswanathan, out of its official star campaigner list for the Madurantakam and Dharapuram bypoll campaigns.
- Former power minister P. Thangamani and his colleagues K.P.
- Anbalagan, P. Balakrishna Reddy and K.C.
- Veeramani have also been excluded from the list.
- The star campaigner list matters because travel expenses of listed campaigners are not counted towards the election expenses of the party's candidates.
- The dissidents fell out with general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami after 25 legislators voted in favour of the TVK-led government in an Assembly trust motion four months ago.
- The rebel leaders' exclusion signals that Palaniswami's establishment is keeping them at arm's length heading into the by-elections.
What to watch next
- Whether excluded dissidents campaign on their own in Madurantakam and Dharapuram or stay away.
- Whether more dissidents, like R. Kamaraj and G. Hari, return to the establishment's good books.
- The outcome of the two by-elections and its effect on the balance between Palaniswami and the rebel camp.
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Named India · C.Ve. Shanmugam · K.C. Veeramani · K.P. Anbalagan · Natham R. Viswanathan · P. Balakrishna Reddy · S.P. Velumani · Thangamani · AIADMK · Edappadi K Palaniswami · G. Hari · K.P. Munusamy · Maragatham Kumaravel
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