{
  "id": 10988095,
  "title": "‘Stealing’ of candidates by ‘clean’ force caused byelection, alleges Kanimozhi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/stealing-of-candidates-by-clean-force-caused-byelection-alleges",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T16:38:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/stealing-of-candidates-by-clean-force-caused-byelection-alleges-kanimozhi/article71529959.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "DMK parliamentary party leader Kanimozhi claimed that byelections for Maduranthagam and Dharapuram Assembly seats were triggered by party members she described as \"clean\" stealing candidates from the Dravidian-aligned DMK. Kanimozhi argued the TVK had made a mistake by appropriating MLAs from other parties and causing the by-elections. She said DMK president M.K. Stalin had selected candidate I. Paranthamen to run for the party and protect its ideology, warning that voting for the AIADMK again could lead to another by-election. Kanimozhi also accused Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay of campaigning near children and pressuring parents to vote for him, and of failing to address a reported sexual assault case. Despite the National Crime Records Bureau's claim of a safer environment for women, Kanimozhi asserted that Tamil Nadu saw 500 crimes in four months, including 300 sexual assaults, 200 murders, 8 custodial deaths and 10 honor killings.",
  "summary": "‘You took pity on the candidate and voted for her in the election; but she defected to the ruling party; if you vote for the AIADMK again, there may be another by-election,’ said Kanimozhi",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}