Days before the vote in Tamil Nadu on April 6, the The Income Tax department raided 28 premises linked to DMK leaders. Four belonged to the daughter of DMK boss MK Stalin, Senthamarai, and her powerful husband V Sabareesan, in addition to the facilities of a close Sabareesan collaborator. If …
Read More »DMK Leader Kanimozhi Tests Positive for Coronavirus
Tamil Nadu Election 2021: DMK Leader and MP Kanimozhi Tested Positive for Coronavirus. Chennai: Ahead of the Tamil Nadu elections, Dravida leader Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and MP Kanimozhi tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. He will undergo treatment at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai. As a star activist, Kanimozhi, who …
Read More »AIADMK writes to EC about TI raids on ministers, alleges ‘political motivation’
Tamil Nadu, which is set to go to the polls on April 6, has seen a series of raids since Friday. By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ayshee Bhaduri, Hindustan Times, New Delhi PUBLISHED APRIL 3, 2021 AT 7:51 PM IST All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) wrote to India’s …
Read More »Explained: Introduction to Dalit Politics in Tamil Nadu
Written by Venkatesh Kannaiah, edited by Explained Desk | Bangalore | Updated: April 3, 2021 9:49:53 pm Dalit politics in Tamil Nadu have reached a crossroads. While the major parties go the extra mile to adapt to Dalit icons and are receptive to Dalit concerns, they are also slowly reducing …
Read More »DMK to allocate 25 seats to Allied Congress for Tamil Nadu elections: sources
The Tamil Nadu assembly election will take place in a single phase on April 6. New Delhi: The DMK has decided to allocate 25 seats to ally with Congress for next month’s elections in Tamil Nadu, sources told NDTV on Saturday. The party will also give Rajya Sabha a seat …
Read More »Bengal, Tamil Nadu’s last minute plans ahead of election dates announcement
Senior ministers were quick to declare the schematics ahead of the voting panel announcement. Chennai: At least two of the five states forced to vote today rushed to announce populist schemes hours before the election dates were announced. Tamil Nadu and West Bengal introduced a number of policy changes apparently …
Read More »Interview with MMK leader MH Jawahirullah
Last week, a controversy erupted in Tamil Nadu after videos surfaced on social media of a meeting in Hyderabad between the leaders of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the head of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen Asadudin Owasi. A DMK leader also informed the media that the party had invited Owaisi to a …
Read More »Karti Chidambaram Outbreak Exposes Cong’s Faults Ahead of TN Polls
With the Tamil Nadu elections only a few months away, it seems that all is not well in the Tamil Nadu Congress. Moments after the party announced a new team for the state, Sivaganga MP and P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram has stoked the controversy. “What the Tamil Nadu Congress …
Read More »‘The giant panels are useless’: Karti criticizes the renovation of TN de Cong | India News
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Saturday he took action in his own party after he announced organizational changes in his Tamil Nadu unit ahead of this year’s assembly elections. In a major revamp, the party appointed 32 vice presidents, 57 general secretaries and 104 secretaries in the giant …
Read More »‘NDA Committee Will Announce TN CM Candidate After Polls’: BJP’s CT Ravi Triggers A Fight
However, in a later tweet, Ravi said that CM’s candidate would be Edappadi K Palaniswami. The BJP national secretary general in charge of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka MLA CT Ravi fueled a controversy over the prime ministerial candidate by making contradictory statements during a public speech and on social media. …
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