Parroting the BJP's view, Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Sunday squarely blamed the then Congress government of Indira Gandhi and the DMK government of late M Karunanidhi in the state for ceding the Katchatheevu islet in the Palk Strait to Sri Lanka in 1974.
The DMK held a meeting at the party headquarters Anna Arivalayam, presided by Deputy Chief Minister and DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin.
In a showdown with the Modi government for “intimidating” Tamil Nadu to accept the New Education Policy (NEP) and its three-language formula for release of Central funds for the state, Deputy Chief Minister and ruling DMK’s Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin, on Tuesday, warned that the BJP-led Union government’s haughtiness would only lead to another uprising against Hindi imposition.
Tight security has been put in place in Erode East as the counting of votes commenced at the Government College of Engineering, Erode on Saturday.
With the Raj Bhavans increasingly becoming politicised, the DMK MPs would highlight in the upcoming budget session of Parliament the need for a ‘Code of Conduct’ for Governors and a time frame for granting assent for Bills passed by the State Legislatures, till the gubernatorial office is abolished.
With no thaw in the relationship in sight between the Raj Bhavan and the DMK government, Chief Minister MK Stalin is skipping the ‘At Home’ reception hosted by Governor RN Ravi on Republic Day and instead, is slated to participate in an event organised by the villagers in and around Arittapatti, in Madurai district to thank him for the cancellation of the Tungsten mining lease in that region.
The chief minister also wrote a letter to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, urging him to withdraw the draft regulations of the UGC, 2024 and 2025.
Slamming the ruling DMK of being adept at enacting a drama to hoodwink the people, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam president and matinee icon Vijay on Monday demanded that the Parandur airport project be given up and the Union and state governments reassess its viability and feasibility.
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.
Crying foul over the 'black out’ of the opposition in the telecast of the Tamil Nadu Assembly’s proceedings, former chief minister and AIADMK general secretary E Palaniswami on Thursday charged the ruling DMK with murdering democracy through censorship.
