CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary and leader of the opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami clarified Wednesday that the party’s alliance with BJP is purely an electoral pact for contesting the 2026 assembly election and not a commitment to form a coalition govt after the polls.Addressing reporters Wednesday, Palaniswami emphasised that the distinction is critical to dispel misconceptions…
Amit Shah and MK Stalin (File photo) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Friday slammed the renewed alliance between the AIADMK and BJP, calling it an “alliance of defeat” and branding Union home minister Amit Shah’s Chennai press conference “unworthy of the position he holds.”In a statement released by…
(left to right) Edapaddi K Palaniswami, Amit Shah, K Annamalai (PTI) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) did not put forth any condition, as the party reunited with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of next year’s Tamil Nadu…
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Nainar Nagendran, a BJP legislator representing Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli constituency, and TN BJP chief Annamalai NEW DELHI: Nainar Nagendran, a BJP legislator representing Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli constituency, submitted his nomination papers on Friday for the party’s state president election. Nagendran, currently the state vice president, was formerly with the AIADMK. He became the first candidate…
NEW DELHI: AIADMK on Sunday cast doubts over the facts and figures of the welfare schemes listed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tamil Nadu and dubbed them as “tall claims” amid the ongoing speculations of a possible alliance with BJP in the state.AIADMK national spokesperson Kovai Sathyan claimed that the beneficiaries of the Centre’s…
Annamalai and Edappadi K Palaniswami, Union home minister Amit Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: Has the BJP signalled a shift in its politics in Tamil Nadu? State BJP president K Annamalai, whose aggressive brand of politics helped popularise the lotus in Tamil Nadu, on Friday said he was not in the race for the post…
NEW DELHI: With elections in Tamil Nadu scheduled early next year, DMK president and chief minister M K Stalin has taken the lead to emerge as one of the strongest critics of the Waqf Amendment Bill – which is all set to get Parliament nod. On Thursday, Stalin came to the assembly wearing a black…
NEW DELHI: A day after resigning from the BJP, actor-turned-politician Ranjana Nachiyaar joined fellow actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) on Wednesday.Nachiyaar attended TVK’s first-anniversary celebration hosted by Vijay at a private resort in Mahabalipuram earlier in the day. She had been with the BJP for eight years.In her resignation letter, which she shared on…
On the occasion of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s 74th birth anniversary, Superstar Rajinikanth visited her residence, Veda Nilayam, in Chennai’s Poes Garden to pay his respects. He was warmly received by her niece Deepa before proceeding to garland Jayalalithaa’s portrait as a mark of tribute. The visit, along with images and videos of…
