Chennai: Following her return as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) General Secretary J Jayalalithaa will be contesting the bypolls for Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency on May 27.
Allies Bharatiya Janata Party and (BJP) and Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) also held discussions on Friday on the bypolls.
After the meeting BJP state President Tamizhisai Sounderrajan said that "preliminary discussions" on the issue of contesting the bypoll have taken place and a decision would be taken in due course.
Earlier, BJP had unsuccessfully contested the February 13 bypoll for Srirangam, which was vacated by Jayalalithaa due to her automatic disqualification following her conviction in a wealth case.
Jayalalithaa was on May 11 acquitted of all the charges by the Karnataka High Court and the AIADMK supremo returned as Chief Minister for the fifth time on May 23.
AIADMK's P Vetrivel had resigned as MLA of Radhakrishnan Nagar on May 17.
Meanwhile, activist 'Traffic' Ramasamy sought the support of DMK for his candidature for the bypoll.
(With PTI inputs)
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