Political parties in TN favored single phase polls to the urban local bodies and deployment of paramilitary forces

(G.N.S) Dt. 20 Chennai The Election Commission has planned to hold elections to 21 corporations, 138 municipalities and 498 town panchayats across Tamil Nadu. Opposition parties including the AIADMK besides the ruling DMK opined, at a consultative meeting chaired by Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner (SEC) V Palanikumar, in Chennai,