Chennai, June 20 (IANS) Former All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) minister Gomathi Srinivasan was among a host of political leaders and public figures who joined the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Saturday, as the party inducted around 2,500 leaders and cadres from various political parties at a function held at its headquarters in Panaiyur on Chennai’s East Coast Road. The high-profile induction programme comes amid TVK’s growing political influence following its victor…
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Chennai, June 20 (IANS) The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Saturday announced its decision to withdraw from the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, marking a significant political development in the state following the 2026 Assembly elections and the formation of the TVK-led government.The decision was taken at the party’s general council meeting, where 14 resolutions were adopted. Among them was a resolution formally ending the IUML’s association with the DMK alliance.Party leaders indica…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a writ petition seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the trust vote held in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on May 13, 2026, and a direction to impose President’s Rule in the state pending such an investigation.A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI), Surya Kant and Justice V. Mohan declined to entertain the plea filed by K.K. Ramesh, observing that it was founded on vague and unsubstantiated allegations.”We have h…
Chennai, June 14 (IANS) In a significant political development in Tamil Nadu, the Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) on Sunday announced its decision to part ways with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), saying the move would enable the party to focus on strengthening its organisational base and expanding its independent political presence in the State. The decision was announced by TMC(M) president G.K. Vasan after a meeting of the party’s executive committee in Chennai. While declaring th…
Chennai, June 13 (IANS) Senior Tamil Nadu politician and former Vilavancode MLA Vijayadharani on Saturday joined Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), ending her two-year association with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Vijayadharani, a three-time MLA from the Vilavancode Assembly constituency in Kanniyakumari district, had quit the Congress in February 2024 after a long stint in the party. She subsequently resigned her Assembly membership and joined the BJP in the presence of the party’s national…
Chennai, June 13 (IANS) In the wake of its worst-ever performance in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in more than five decades of electoral politics, the AIADMK is preparing to launch an extensive district-wise consultation exercise involving party office-bearers and grassroots workers in a bid to assess its shortcomings and chart a revival strategy. Senior party functionaries indicated that the proposed interactions are likely to be held after the ongoing Assembly session to ensure that …
Chennai, June 10 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun preliminary preparations for conducting by-elections to five vacant Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu, following a series of resignations that created vacancies in the State Legislative Assembly. The 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly election was held on April 23, with votes counted on May 4. The Tamilaga Munnetra Congress (TMC), led by actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay, emerged as the single largest party. However, the party…
Chennai, June 10 (IANS) A petition has been filed before the Madras High Court on Wednesday, challenging the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to accept the resignations of three AIADMK legislators, saying that the move undermines the anti-defection provisions enshrined in the Constitution. Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi leader M.L. Ravi has approached the court seeking to declare as “illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional” the gazette notification issued by the state government accepting the resig…
Chennai, June 9 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J.C.T. Prabhakar on Tuesday announced that disciplinary proceedings against 21 AIADMK legislators who backed the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government during last month’s trust vote have been dropped after the party leadership accepted their explanations and apology. The development comes in connection with the trust vote held in the 234-member Assembly on May 13, in which the TVK government secured a comfortable victory.The motion was…
Chennai, June 6 (IANS) In a fresh setback to the AIADMK, which has been grappling with internal dissent and a string of defections since its disappointing performance in the Assembly elections, four former ministers and senior leaders joined the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) at the party’s headquarters in Chennai on Saturday. Former ministers and ex-MLAs Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan, M.C. Sampath, Kadambur C. Raju and N.R. Sivapathi formally joined TVK in the presence of the party’s Gen…