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.
2024 LS poll results show Jats & SCs largely voted for Congress. Now, INLD led by a Jat family, & BSP led by Dalit leader Mayawati, are teaming up after 10 yrs for a fight in state.
VCK leader Thirumavalavan & TN Congress chief Selvaperunthagai also raise concerns about safety of Dalit leaders in TN. Police say it was revenge for killing of gangster last year.
Formal announcement of alliance on 11 July, says Chautala. He adds that INLD plans to align with a few more forces in Haryana to constitute a 'Mahagathbandhan' ahead of assembly elections.
Armstrong was attacked by 6 men in Chennai Friday with 'long, sharp objects'. Greater Chennai police have arrested 8 persons, all said to be relatives and accomplices of Arcot Suresh.
Drifting away from both BJP & BSP, Dalit vote moved significantly towards INDIA bloc this election. Plot thickened as Chandrashekhar Azad won from Nagina, drawing BSP's core voters.
The former UP CM had announced Akash Anand as her successor in December last year. She revoked her decision after the third phase of Lok Sabha elections.
BSP may have attempted to dent prospects of INDIA bloc constituents SP & Congress in 23 seats and BJP-led NDA in 31 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, an analysis by ThePrint shows.
Kripa Shankar had joined BJP in 2021 and became the party’s state unit vice-president. In 2012, while he was Mumbai Congress chief, he was booked in a disproportionate assets case.
There was a painful recalibration of dog-human relationships in 18th century Britain—any dog, except for the owned, leashed pet, lost its right to exist. They brought this mindset to India.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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