Chennai, May 13 (IANS) AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Wednesday alleged in the Tamil Nadu Assembly that his party legislators were promised ministerial berths and top government positions in exchange for supporting the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government during the confidence vote. The allegation came amid a dramatic split within the AIADMK legislature party during the trust vote faced by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s government.While 25 rebel AIADMK MLAs led by f…
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Chennai, May 13 (IANS) In a major embarrassment for the newly formed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government, the appointment of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s personal astrologer, Rickey Radhan Pandit Vettrivel, as Officer on Special Duty (OSD-Political) to the CM, was revoked on Wednesday, soon after the government won the trust vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The decision followed intense criticism from opposition parties, social media users and even allies within the ruling coalition,…
Chennai, May 12 (IANS) Amid the AIADMK rift row, DMK spokesperson Salem Dharanidharan on Tuesday said that this is the end of the opposition party, as for the first time, even its MLAs are splitting in different directions. Speaking to IANS, Dharanidharan said: “Earlier, (late CM Jayalalithaa’s key aide) Sasikala left, (her nephew) T.T.V. (Dhinakaran) left, then OPS (former Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam) left, and (former minister K.A.) Sengottaiyan also left. The party had already weakened dra…
Chennai, May 12 (IANS) The internal crisis within the AIADMK intensified on Tuesday after senior party leader and former Minister C.V. Shanmugam openly accused party General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) of attempting to explore a tie-up with the DMK and announced support for Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay-led TVK government. Addressing the media along with senior AIADMK leaders, including former Minister S.P. Velumani, Shanmugam said the party was passing through one of the most diffi…
Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) Author-columnist Shobhaa De has spoken about actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay’s growing political presence, saying that despite being a “novice”, he deserves a fair chance to prove himself. Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single-largest party in the 234-member Assembly.Talking about the actor-turned-politician, Shobhaa told IANS: “Vijay is a novice. He’s won on a young vote… the Gen-Z vote… He appealed to them. He has not so far p…
Chennai, May 5 (IANS) In the wake of a major electoral setback, DMK President M.K. Stalin resigned as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. A formal communication in this regard was sent to Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at the Raj Bhavan. Sources said the resignation letter reached the Governor’s office at Lok Bhavan after the Assembly election results made it clear that the DMK-led alliance had fallen well short of the majority mark.As per convention, the Governor is expected to request St…
Chennai, May 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Monday became only the second sitting Chief Minister in the state’s history, after J. Jayalalithaa, to lose an Assembly election, following his defeat in the Kolathur constituency.Stalin was defeated by V.S. Babu of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), a former DMK functionary who had switched political allegiance.The upset is being viewed as one of the most significant outcomes of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elec…
Chennai, May 4 (IANS) In a watershed moment in Tamil Nadu’s political history, the 2026 Assembly election has brought an end to nearly six decades of uninterrupted dominance by Dravidian parties, as the newly formed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay secured a landmark victory in its electoral debut. In the first 15 years of the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu regularly held from 1952, the Congress maintained a stronghold over the state’s political lan…
Chennai, May 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu stands on edge as counting of votes for the 2026 Assembly elections gets underway on Monday, with an unusually high number of political variables making the outcome one of the most unpredictable in recent decades. From the emergence of new political entrants to simmering internal rifts among established leaders and the impact of a large-scale revision of electoral rolls, the electoral battlefield has evolved into a complex contest where even seasoned observers ar…
Bhopal/Chennai, April 21 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday targeted the DMK-Congress alliance over the Women’s Reservation Bill, echoing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s broader campaign strategy to pitch women’s empowerment as a key electoral issue in Tamil Nadu. This was Yadav’s first visit to Tamil Nadu during the ongoing Assembly election campaign, and it came on the last day of campaigning.He addressed rallies in Rasipuram, Namakkal district, and Avinashi…