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 …
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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…
Chennai, June 6 (IANS) Speculation is mounting in Tamil Nadu political circles that former AIADMK ministers C.V. Shanmugam and C. Vijayabaskar, along with a few other senior leaders, could join the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) at the party’s Panaiyur headquarters on Sunday. The reports come amid continuing political realignments that have reshaped the state’s Opposition landscape following the 2026 Assembly election.TVK emerged as the single-largest party in the Assembly elections, winning…
Chennai, June 4 (IANS) The Madras High Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a plea seeking permission to withdraw a case challenging the expulsion of several senior leaders from the AIADMK following the party’s bitter leadership split in 2022. The matter is set to come up before Justice N. Kumaresh Babu after a procedural delay prevented the court from considering the withdrawal request on Wednesday.The dispute traces its origins to the power struggle that erupted within the AIADMK in 2022, …
Chennai, June 3 (IANS) The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition seeking a direction to the Income Tax Department to investigate AIADMK General Secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami over allegations that he concealed details of his assets and income in his election nomination papers.Palaniswami, who successfully contested the Edappadi Assembly constituency in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and was sworn in as a Member of the Legislative Assembly, h…
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) AIADMK General Secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, C. Joseph Vijay, over the state’s law and order situation, accusing the newly-elected government of failing to curb crime, drug trafficking and violence against women.In a strongly worded statement, Palaniswami referred to the reported death of a 23-year-old youth, Vishnu, in Chennai’s Tondiarpet area, alleging that he was beaten to death after being accu…
Chennai, May 28 (IANS) TVK Minister Aadhav Arjuna on Thursday claimed that nearly 90 per cent of AIADMK functionaries and cadres were prepared to join the ruling TVK, asserting that the party had emerged as the “true political future” of Tamil Nadu.He made the remarks while addressing a function at the TVK headquarters in Panaiyur, where several members of smaller regional and Trade Union outfits formally merged with the party.More than 100 people, led by Anna Trade Union president Kamalakannan,…
Chennai, May 28 (IANS) AIADMK MP Dhanapal has demanded a detailed investigation into the resignation of the party’s four MLAs who later joined the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), alleging that large-scale financial transactions may have taken place behind the defections. In a post on X, Dhanapal claimed that the TVK government did not enjoy an independent majority and said the sudden resignation of the four legislators immediately after the new government assumed office had raised serious…
Chennai, May 28 (IANS) In a fresh political setback for the AIADMK, former Tamil Nadu Tourism Minister and senior party leader, Vellamandi Natarajan, joined the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in the presence of the party’s general secretary N. Anand, intensifying speculation over continuing realignments within the Opposition camp. A prominent leader from Tiruchi, Natarajan had been associated with the AIADMK for several decades and was considered a loyal grassroots organiser in central …