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February 17, 1998   Campaign Trail/ A Ganesh Nadar  In Tenkasi,
it is worldly matters that matter  Tenkasi is a reserved
constituency, and includes the assembly constituencies of
Alangulam, Ambasamudram, Kadayanallur, Sankaran Koil, Tenkasi
and Vasudevanallur. It has a million voters with women
outnumbering men by a slim margin. The entire constituency falls
within the Tirunelveli district.  The famous Courtallam
waterfalls are part of this constituency. Union Minister M
Arunachalam's home is also in Courtallam. And since he has been
the MP for this constituency since 1977, his presence in the
fray, on the Tamil Maanila Congress ticket, makes this a
prestigious contest.  Challenging Arunachalam's monopoly are V
Selvaraj of the Congress, S Murugesan of the AIADMK and Dr
Krishnasamy of the Puthiya Tamilagam (a dalit party)  Well begun
is half done, but the election to this constituency did not
begin well. In fact it began with the death of TMC worker. O