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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MG Ramachandran on his 108th birth anniversary on Friday.
Tightening the screws on Tightening the screws on R Vaithilingam, a confidant of expelled AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam (OPS), the Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached two immovable properties worth Rs 109.92 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Announcing the boycott of the February 5 byelection to the Tamil Nadu assembly from Erode (East) constituency, the principal opposition AIADMK and its ally the DMDK have said the decision to opt out of the contest was taken since the ruling DMK would not allow the people to vote freely as was the case in the past bypolls.
Demanding financial devolution from the central pool without any discrimination, the opposition AIADMK on Sunday pressed for reverting Education back to the State List in the Constitution.
The protesters took out the march despite Madras High Court's interim order denying permission for protests.
Having acquiesced to the Centre’s proposal to set up 489 hydrocarbon wells and petrochemical industries in the Cauvery delta region, the rice bowl of south India, and prosecuting farmers for protesting against the move, he declared the region an “ecologically sensitive agricultural zone” on 10 February.
The plea seeks disqualification of Panneerselvam and 10 others for having voted against the Palaniswami government when they were in the rebel camp.
The Bench questioned the propriety of Speakers sitting in judgment on defectors indefinitely to safeguard the interest of the party on whose ticket he got elected.
Continuing his attack on the party's arch-rival, Palaniswami said the public is being confused by those parties 'which do not even have the people's support'.
