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.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling DMK president MK Stalin on Wednesday made it clear that his cabinet colleague Senthil Balaji is an important cog in the wheel of the DMK and his comeback into the government was significant.
A day after her remark on Telugu speaking community in Tamil Nadu as migrants who accompanied the kings’ consorts and not natives sparked a controversy, actor Kasthuri found herself on the wrong side when she accused non-Brahmins in the government service as corrupt and invited the ruling DMK’s ire.
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.
Stung by actor Vijay’s frontal attack on the DMK as a "family looting Tamil Nadu with the mask of Dravidian model", the ruling Dravidian major on Monday dismissed him as the "C team" of the BJP.
Jealous of the DMK government’s support among the people, opposition AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) has turned into an astrologer, predicting friction in the DMK-led alliance and its potential disintegration, Chief Minister MK Stalin said on Wednesday.
