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In Devikulam in Idukki district the papers of the AIADMK candidate Dhanalakshmi Marimuthu was rejected as it was found incomplete
MNM president Kamal Haasan is contesting from Coimbatore South in the April 6 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
Union Minister V Muraleedharan was fielded by the party in the 2016 assembly polls and was defeated by around 7,000 votes.
Kamal will take on BJP leader, Vanathi Srinivasan, who is the National president of the party's woman's wing, the Mahila Morcha, who is contesting as the AIADMK-BJP alliance candidate.
The DMK, out of power since 2011, is eyeing a comeback by dethroning the ruling AIADMK and has stitched up a rainbow coalition comprising the Congress, the Left, MDMK, VCK and other smaller outfits.
The Makkal Needhi Maiam president made the announcement, releasing the second list of 43 party candidates which included veteran politician Pazha Karuppiah and yesteryear actor Sripriya who had paired with Haasan in many films.
The DMK promised Rs 1,000 to housewives, while the ruling party the AIADMK upped the offer, and announced Rs 1,500, and six free gas cylinders for ration-card holders.
Even as big political parties are jostling for space in the upcoming state assembly elections, several north India-based regional outfits have decided against even a token electoral presence in a big state like West Bengal. These parties which are strong in a single state often try for electoral
There are also rumours that the AIADMK, which is part of the NDA at the Centre, could also join the NDA in Kerala and field a candidate in Devikulam.
The ruling AIADMK has allotted 20 Assembly constituencies and the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat to its ally BJP for the April 6 Assembly elections.