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Candidate loses, postpones marriage

Chennai, May 12
It was a double blow for an AIADMK candidate in Tamil Nadu, for whom the defeat at the just-concluded Assembly elections meant postponement of his marriage by another five years.

Rama Ramanathan, known as ‘kudumi’ Ramanathan for knotting his long tresses, was drubbed in the elections by the DMK’s old war horse Ko Si Mani for the third consecutive time in Kumbakonam.

The 42-year-old bachelor, who made his maiden and only entry into the Legislative Assembly in 1991 as a 27-year-old, resolved to take the marriage vow only after becoming an MLA again under the AIADMK ticket. Though he got the chance to contest subsequent Assembly elections in 1996, 2001 and 2006, Ramanathan was not able to get the better of his rival. — UNI