Reiterating his opposition to the three-language formula and asserting that Tamil Nadu is a land of self-respect, actor-turned neta Vijay on Wednesday vowed to create history by capturing power in the 2026 assembly elections like 1967 and 1977 when the state witnessed regime change by new entrants.
Kept under lock and key in the treasury of the Karnataka government, housed in the Vidhan Soudha, Jayalalithaa’s properties were decreed to belong to the Tamil Nadu government by the Karnataka High Court in a judgment made last month.
In a setback for former Tamil Nadu chief minister E K Palaniswami, the Madras High Court on Wednesday gave the go ahead for the Election Commission to proceed with petitions on intra-party disputes in the AIADMK and challenging the legitimacy of the present leadership.
The DMK candidate VC Chandirakumar polled a whopping 1,15,709 voteswhile the NTK’s MK Seethalakshmi secured 24,151, accounting for 15.59 per cent.
With the principal opposition AIADMK and the BJP boycotting the February 5 crucial bypoll for the Tamil Nadu Assembly from Erode East constituency, both are apparently yielding the opposition political space to a resurgent 'Naam Tamilar Katchi' (NTK) of filmmaker Seeman, espousing Tamil nationalism.
AIADMK leaders led by party interim general secretary and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswamy (EPS) paid floral tributes to the former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on her sixth death anniversary.
Shah has been urging the AIADMK group led former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy (EPS) to patch up with the ousted party co-ordinator O.Panneerselvam.
After the Assembly polls in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, the BJP will focus on the Southern states to implement its 'Operation Dakshin Vijay' strategy. Two years before the scheduled parliamentary elections in 2024, the BJP has identified two big targets in south India — Tamil Nadu and Telangana, both ruled by regional parties. Looking ahead, the party wants to reduce the north-south divide.
The DMK government has scrapped several welfare schemes implemented by the party, including free laptop scheme for school students as well as Amma clinics, alleged EPS.
Arumughaswamy Commission of Inquiry concluded that Sasikala, Jayalalithaa's personal Doctor K S Sivakumar, then Health Secretary Radhakrishnan, C.Vijayabaskar who was health Minister then are found to be at fault and an investigation is to be ordered.
