India, March 28 -- The Opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Friday announced the second list of its party candidates for the April 23 Assembly election, retaining some of its MLAs.

The list also contains a number of former ministers and other senior party functionaries.

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami announced the candidates' names for 127 seats, including Tirunelveli assembly constituency, from where BJP state chief Nainar Nagenthran won in the 2021 polls. The party has fielded Thachai N Ganesaraja, a senior member, from the southern constituency.

Nagenthran had earlier in the day said that he would contest from the Sattur seat (Virudhunagar dt) in the coming polls.

Former state minister B V Ramana has been nominated t...