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M Vaiko is contesting as the candidate of the AIADMK-led alliance from Virudhunagar. A pro-LTTE voice, the MDMK chief Vaiko was arrested in October last year for making 'highly inflammatory speeches in support of the LTTE'. Vaiko, now an ally of Jayalalithaa, was detained under POTA by her government in 2004 on his arrival from the US after he had made a pro-LTTE speech at a public meeting in Tirumangalam in Madurai. During his stay in jail, he had written poems.