Madurai, April 23 -- Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday exercised his franchise at a polling station in Thiruparankundra constituency in the ongoing Tamil Nadu assembly polls.

Speaking with ANI, Tagore slammed the AIADMK-BJP alliance, accusing it of politicising the region and expressed hopes for its defeat. He also emphasised the need for an efficient MLA to develop the Thiruparankundra constituency.

"I voted in the Thiruparankundra constituency, where the RSS and BJP are trying to politicise right now. I hope that this time the BJP-AIADMK candidate gets rejected here. The development of Thiruparankundra has been halted for 5 years, so we need an MLA to coordinate with local bodies and to be the voice of this constituency," Tagore...