Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi Youth Wing State Secretary Suriyamurthy has been replaced by party administrator Matheswaran of the party. He has been announced as a candidate for Namakkal LS constituency in the DMK front to contest under the Rising Sun symbol. Based on the decision taken in the party's governing council meeting, he has been replaced by Matheswaran as a candidate for Namakkal constituency. It is noteworthy that the caste-based criticism of Suriyamurthy has been raised recently in the social media, and now the candidate has been changed.