From Congress's Immanuel Sekaran in 1957 to Bahujan Samaj Party's K. Armstrong this year, Tamil Nadu politics has a bloody history. But the motives have changed.
2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections remain a challenge for AIADMK. If the ‘peace committee’ headed by MGR loyalists does not succeed, another split is imminent.
AIADMK’s call to boycott Vikravandi bypoll was seen as bid to relay message to BJP-ally PMK with eye on 2026 assembly polls. But bypoll result has shown opposition to DMK is weak.
AIADMK gen secy & Tamil Nadu ex-CM Palaniswami is holding 10-day meeting with party functionaries and workers to analyse showing in LS polls and map out next moves.
AIADMK has opted out of contest in stronghold in apparent olive branch to NDA ally PMK, say observers. But PMK asserts that coalition is intact & it’ll pick allies closer to state polls.
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam leader appealed to the Centre to respect emotions of the people of Tamil Nadu, and consider bringing education under the state list from the concurrent list.
NDA pushed AIADMK-led alliance to 3rd place in 11 seats & 4th place in one. EPS-led party also lost deposits in 7 seats, 5 of them in southern TN where it lost traditional OBC voters.
IUML's Navaskani is only the third Muslim MP from Ramanathapuram seat since its formation in 1951. He trounced NDA-backed former chief minister OPS by a margin of 1.6 lakh votes.
AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, who was sacked from the AIADMK in 2018, has outperformed his former party’s candidate. Political analysts point to support from the Mukkulathor community.
Ex-AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu CM OPS contested as an Independent candidate from Ramanathapuram, where he is trailing behind IUML’s K Navaskani by over 1,39,000 votes.
I don’t believe that the US-India relationship has deteriorated beyond repair. There are ways of handling Trump, even if the Pakistanis have outplayed us this year.
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