Chennai, June 5 -- All India Professionals' Congress Chairperson Praveen Chakravarthy filed his nomination papers for the lone Rajya Sabha seat for the June 18 bye-election from the Tamil Nadu Assembly with the backing of the ruling TVK headed by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, on Friday afternoon.
A day after securing the seat from the TVK, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) late last night has nominated Praveen as the candidate following which he filed his papers.
Accompanied by Vijay, his Cabinet colleagues, including those from the National party, top Congress leaders, including former union Minister P.Chidambaram, AICC TN in-charge Girish Chodankar, TNCC President K Selvaperunthagai, Praveen filed his papers before Returning Offi...