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…
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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. …
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) In a charged debate during the ongoing Budget Session, Naxal/Maoist violence emerged as a sharp point of contention between the ruling and opposition benches in the Lok Sabha. BJP MP Sambit Patra invoked former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s words, calling Maoism the “deadliest evil” confronting India. Patra accused the Congress party of romanticising the movement, citing writer Arundhathi Roy’s description of Maoists as “Gandhians with guns”.He argued tha…
Puducherry, March 22 (IANS) With just a day remaining for filing nominations in Puducherry, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram is set to meet Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday in a crucial last-minute effort to revive the stalled DMK-Congress alliance talks. The high-stakes meeting comes amid mounting uncertainty over seat-sharing arrangements ahead of the April 9 Assembly election.Negotiations between the two parties have hit a roadblock despite several rounds of discussions.Ac…
Chennai, March 5 (IANS) The Indian National Congress has named All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary Christopher Tilak as its candidate for the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu in the upcoming biennial elections scheduled this month. The seat has been allotted to the Congress as part of the seat-sharing arrangement within the ruling DMK-led alliance in the State.The announcement ends days of speculation within political circles over who the Congress would field for the Upper House seat from T…
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) Ending days of intense negotiations and uncertainty, the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress on Wednesday formally signed their seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. As per the pact, the Congress will contest 28 Assembly constituencies, three more than the 25 seats it contested in the 2021 Assembly elections as part of the alliance. In addition, the Congress has also been allotted one Rajya Sabha seat as part of …
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) The Congress high command has authorised senior party leader P. Chidambaram to finalise the long-awaited seat-sharing agreement with Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for the upcoming elections. The decision was taken following consultations among the party’s top leadership in New Delhi, signalling that the Congress leadership is keen to conclude the negotiations quickly and move forward with election preparations in the state.According to party source…