Chennai, June 3 (IANS) Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Wednesday announced that the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Tamil Nadu, for which elections are scheduled for September 18, has been allotted to the alliance partner, the Indian National Congress. In a brief statement issued from the TVK headquarters secretariat, Vijay said the seat had been allocated to the Congress as part of the TVK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu. The announcement is being…
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Chennai, June 2 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, on Tuesday met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK President C. Joseph Vijay at the State Secretariat, triggering fresh political speculation over the forthcoming Rajya Sabha bye-election from the state.The meeting comes at a crucial time as political parties begin consultations ahead of the bye-election announced by the Election Commission of India to fill a vacant Rajya Sabha seat.The vacancy arose a…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Congress leaders on Thursday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary at Veer Bhumi in the national capital, remembering him as a visionary leader who worked for the country’s youth and technological progress. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid floral tributes to the late Prime Minister. Senior Con…
Bengaluru, May 13 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, R. Ashoka, on Wednesday criticised the state government for trying to set up a government housing project on 9,600 acres of agricultural land in Bidadi and Kanchaganahalli near Bengaluru.Addressing reporters, Ashoka alleged that the government was targeting fertile agricultural land in the region, historically associated with Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founder of Bengaluru city, where crops such as…
Bengaluru, May 12 (IANS) Senior BJP leader R. Ashoka on Tuesday accused Congress leaders of displaying “economic ignorance and blind opposition” by criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent austerity appeal to citizens and asked them to visit their own party’s history.The Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly also shared a news clipping of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi appealing to citizens not to buy gold and calling for national discipline in 1967.He further shared a vid…
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Tension prevailed at a polling booth in Chennai’s Mylapore Assembly constituency on Thursday after a confrontation broke out between BJP candidate Tamilisai Soundararajan and DMK polling agents over alleged voting irregularities.The incident occurred at a polling station located in Alwarpet, where Tamilisai raised objections, alleging that certain individuals were allowed to cast their votes without proper identification.Her claims were immediately contested by DMK age…
Karaikudi, April 23 (IANS) Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram cast his vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections on Thursday and expressed confidence that the Secular Progressive Alliance will return to power in the state. Polling for the high-stakes Tamil Nadu Assembly elections across all 234 constituencies began at 7 a.m., with over 5.73 crore eligible voters set to decide the fate of 4,023 candidates in a fiercely contested four-cornered battle.The electoral contest primarily featu…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday backed the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’, criticising Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi for opposing the proposed delimitation linked to the women’s reservation bill, and likening the Congress leader’s speech to a P.C. Sorcar magic show. Taking part in the discussion on the bill in Lok Sabha, Dubey urged the Opposition to facilitate the implementation of the 33 per cent reservation for women proposed by Prime Minister Narend…
Chennai, April 5 (IANS) With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections scheduled for April 23, political parties have entered the final phase of candidate selection and campaign mobilisation. The Congress, a key ally in the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, has been allotted 28 constituencies for the 2026 Assembly elections. The party has now announced its candidate for the Melur Assembly constituency.After days of internal discussions and reported differences among senior leaders, the Congress has …
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Congress in the Lok Sabha on Monday for nurturing Naxalism in the country. He criticised Rahul Gandhi for reposting the provocative slogan “Tum kitne Hidma maroge, ghar ghar se Hidma niklega” – a slogan that left-wing extremism supporters shouted following neutralisation of dreaded Naxal Hidma. Hidma was absconding and carrying a reward for killing 172 security personnel. …