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The Election Commission today ordered FIRs against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami, AIADMK (Amma) leaders TTV Dinakaran, Vijayabhaskar and others in the RK Nagar bypoll bribery case. The poll panel's decision to register cases against the AIADMK leaders including CM Palaniswami follows a Right to Information petition seeking to know what action was taken by the Election Commission in the bribery case. The Election Commission had countermanded on April 9 the RK Nagar bypoll in Tamil Nadu scheduled for April 12 following allegations that the voters were being bribed by political parties.