TN Electricity Minister denies commercial ties with Adani conglomerate
This is the first reaction of the DMK government following the indictment of the Adani conglomerate in a US court.
This is the first reaction of the DMK government following the indictment of the Adani conglomerate in a US court.
Slamming the BJP-led Union government for its persistence with imposing Hindi disregarding Tamil and other languages and washing its hands off Manipur, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday, charged the Centre with usurping the legitimate rights of the states.
At a meeting with the Chairperson and members of the 16th Finance Commission, the Chief Minister called for a new model of sharing tax revenue which does not hinder the growth of developed states.
Caught between his party’s long cherished goal of power sharing and the political compulsion of remaining with the DMK, Dalit leader and MP Thol Thirumavalavan on Friday ruled out entering into an electoral alliance with actor Vijay’s fledgling Tamilaga Vettri Kazagam (TVK).
“Many have started coming up with the motto of destroying the DMK. But, it is not necessary for me to respond to them. The people will give them a fitting reply,” he said, speaking at a marriage reception of a party functionary in Thanjavur, 343 km south of Chennai, on Thursday.
While the DMK is keeping silent on its participation, it is expected that the chief minister and a few of his cabinet colleagues would ensure their presence at the reception hosted by R N Ravi.
Speculation is rife about Udhayanidhi’s appointment as the number two in the Tamil Nadu government along with a cabinet reshuffle.
He was responding to his party legislator K Chinnappa, who said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had built the Ram temple in Ayodhya and Ram had lived 3000 years ago.
DMK veteran and Tamil Nadu Law Minister S Regupathy on Monday claimed ‘Ram Rajya’ is the Dravidian model of governance and Lord Ram is the epitome of such a model of statecraft.
The buzz about cabinet reshuffle and an expansion, ahead of Stalin’s foreign tour to the United States on August 22, has acquired added significance with this long expected coronation of the DMK’s crown prince.
