Rk nagar bypoll | amid tight security, voting underway in late j jayalalithaa's constituency

Voting in RK Nagar Assembly constituency, which was left vacant after the death of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa, began on Thursday morning. DMK candidate N Marudhu

Ganesh reaches polling booth no 134 in Chennai to cast his vote during the RK Nagar bypoll on Thursday. (ANI/Twitter) Voting in RK Nagar Assembly constituency, which was left vacant after

the death of former chief minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa, began on Thursday morning. Chennai City Police Commissioner AK Viswanathan said they had ensured to conduct a fair election

and have deployed additional forces to maintain peace and harmony. "We will ensure free and fair elections, today. We have deployed additional forces," Viswanathan said. BJP

candidate Karu Nagarajan and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate N Marudhu Ganesh have also cast their votes. Ganesh expressed confidence of sweeping the polls and said, "Whether

it is Rs 6000 or Rs 60,000, we are going to win. The voters of RK Nagar will teach a lesson to AIADMK this time." Counting of votes will be held on December 24. The by-polls were

earlier scheduled for April 12 earlier this year, but were cancelled following allegations that sums of money were distributed in a vote-for-cash scam.