The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of actor-turned nets Vijay on Monday dismissed as mere rumour and unfounded speculation of an alliance with the opposition AIADMK and asserted that the party is the prime political force to dethrone the DMK from power in the coming assembly poll.
Responding to the AIADMK leader's allegation that the DMK government is not allocating enough for capital expenditure, Stalin accused him of being a 'habitual liar'.
While all other linguistically reorganised states celebrate November 1 as their foundation day, Tamil Nadu is deeply divided on this with the ruling DMK holding it on July 18, when the state was officially rechristened as Tamil Nadu.
Wielding the axe, EPS in a statement announced the suspension of Dalawai Sundaram from the party for participating in an event organised by the RSS and thereby bringing disrepute to the party.
This drew opposition ire with the AIADMK and the BJP targeting Chief Minister MK Stalin for mismanagement.
Though Sasikala has been keeping a studied silence since her return to Tamil Nadu on 8 February except for a call of unity to party workers, TTV Dhinakaran, her nephew and leader of the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, said she would play an important role in the formation of the next government in Tamil Nadu.
Warring parties prefer elections in April & want ECI to avoid May due to harsh summer
Intended to be inaugurated on 24 February, her birth anniversary, it was suddenly advanced to 27 January, the day her alter ego and de facto number two in the AIADMK, VK Sasikala, will walk free from the central jail in Bengaluru after serving a four-year prison term in a disproportionate assets case.
The ousted AIADMK leader is expected to be released on 27 January from Bangaluru Parappan Agrahara prison after having served four years imprisonment for amassing wealth disproportionate to her income.
In the legal notice signed by advocate Babu Kumaravel, AIADMK has listed eight specific allegations reportedly made by MK Stalin and published by various media houses and has offered its rebuttal. The unusual notice sent by the AIADMK alleged that the articles carried DMK’s election campaign propaganda claims, which were false and baseless.
