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.
In the recent assembly elections, the BJP was able to wrest four assembly seats in an alliance with the AIADMK and the PMK. The saffron party now wants to take this forward and become a major political force in the state.
Sasikala is trying to capitalise on this rift, and on Wednesday, spoke to a district-level leader of AIADMK at Salem and told him that Paneerselvam was supportive towards her on the inside and was waiting for the ripe time to throw his hat in the ring.
The anti-corruption NGO, Arappor Iyyakam had complained against the minister in awarding contracts of Chennai and Coimbatore corporations. The report of the Audit and Account General tabled in the Tamil Nadu assembly had also concurred with the allegations raised by the NGO.
The DMK has deputed all-party district secretaries to forge an alliance with its constituent partners and conduct a campaign at the grassroots level on the anti-people and anti-poor measures taken by the BJP and the AIADMK.
While senior leaders, including party coordinator Panneerselvam immediately stepped up and announced that the opinion aired by C.Ve. Shanmugham was in his personal capacity and not as an office-bearer of the AIADMK.
