Chennai, July 7 -- Sounding the poll bugle, former Chief Minister and AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami(EPS) launched his first phase of state-wide mass outreach, christened 'Makkalai Kappom, Thamizhagathai Meetpom' (Save People, Redeem TN), from Mettupalayam in Coimbatore district of Tamil NDU today.
Arriving at Mettupalayam, accompanied by the recently granted Z-Plus security cover, EPS, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, offered worship at the Goddess Vana Bhadrakali Amman temple in Thekkampatti before kicking off his campaign ahead of the crucial Assembly polls due in 8-9 months away and in a bid to unseat the ruling DMK from power.
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