Also ran: Nehru,Jinnah with help from Mr Harappa Mohenjodaro

He has not threatened to cut off anyones hands,but he too is a Gandhi,contesting on a BJP ticket. All Mogamed Ali Jinnah seeks is a vote for himself,not a separate country for his community.

He has not threatened to cut off anyones hands,but he too is a Gandhi,contesting on a BJP ticket. All Mogamed Ali Jinnah seeks is a vote for himself,not a separate country for his community. Mohamed Ali Zinna has the same request as do Motilal,Jawaharlal and Jawaharlal Nehru. And if theres anything at all in a name,who can be better than Sriramachandran to represent a seat called Dharmapuri?

People in Tamil Nadu like to name their children after famous people,and the fate of several names of fame got sealed in EVMs as the state went to polls in the fifth and final phase on Wednesday.

SMK Mogamed Ali Jinnah is the AIADMK candidate from Central Chennai against DMKs Dayanidhi Maran,who is seeking re-election. The seat has been a DMK fortress,and Jinnahs job hasnt been made easier by the presence of a namesake in the field,Mohamed Ali Zinna.

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As many as three Gandhis are in the fray. Vinobha Gandhi CH is an independent candidate from North Chennai,K Suresh Gandhi is the BJPs man from Namakkal,and Rajiv Gandhi is a contestant against Home Minister P Chidambaram at Sivaganga. Rajiv,however,dropped his surname when filing his nomination.

Right through his campaign,Chidambaram has been targeted by pro-Sri Lankan Tamil groups,who have accused the Congress of supporting Colombos war on the Tiger rebels. The activist who has been coordinating the work of these groups at the ground level is called Harappa Mohenjodaro.

KA Motilal and Ayub Khan are both independents contesting from Dindigul. Jawaharlal

SL is a candidate in Virudhunagar,where the fight is between MDMK general secretary Vaiko and Congresss Manik Tagore. Jawaharlal Nehru and Ambedkar are the LJP and JMM candidates at Kancheepuram.

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Minnal Murugesh and Minnal Srinivasan (whose first name means lightning) are in the fray at Erode and Kancheepuram respectively.

In the candidates list at Kanyakumari where the main contest is between the DMKs Helen Davidson and the CPMs AV Bellarmin is Emmi,a newcomer whose great source of strength is her husband Junior,who has been looking after their sons Joom and June during her campaign.

It is unlikely that Schwartz Durai of Ramanathapuram has any connection with Eastern Europe. And Arun Kennedi is unlikely to be able to work any Kennedy-like magic at Kallakurichi.

Well-known actor D Napoleon,a former MLA,is contesting from Perambalur as the DMK candidate. Mansoor Ali Khan,also an actor,is the candidate of the LDMK,one of numerous minor parties in the state,at Trichy.