Chennai, Sept. 22 -- The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has withdrawn the names of several alliance leaders from its star campaigners list for the October 6 bypolls in Madurantakam and Dharapuram, after Opposition parties questioned their inclusion.

TVK's original list included VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan, MDMK general secretary Vaiko, Congress leader Manickam Tagore and IUML leader K M Khader Mohideen, among other leaders from alliance parties. The names of several of these leaders have now been removed from the list.

The development came after Opposition parties questioned whether leaders who are members of other political parties could be included in TVK's list of star campaigners.

The DMK approached the Election Commission se...