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TopicEdappadi K. Palaniswami

Topic: Edappadi K. Palaniswami

Breakup or bid for bargaining power? What BJP-AIADMK war of words in Tamil Nadu signals

While BJP top leadership is in favour of alliance, it's letting state chief K Annamalai needle ally, say leaders. AIADMK says it's focussing on relationship with BJP high command.

Supreme Court order on AIADMK rift: What are OPS’s options now & what ruling means for EPS & BJP

While OPS faction says the court battle is far from over, analysts say this could be the end of the road for the former CM, leaving him with few options like allying with Sasikala.

Our take on Sri Lanka crisis,Uma Bharti ‘tweetography’ and Elon Musk—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

EPS elected as AIADMK interim general secretary, council members expel OPS from party

AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami had called a general council meeting, fiercely opposed by O. Panneerselvam, to deliberate on single leadership issue in the party.

Palaniswami-led AIADMK is bad news for BJP in Tamil Nadu but it opens up opportunities too

While OPS has been courting the BJP in Tamil Nadu enthusiastically, the latter isn't inclined to take any side in AIADMK’s internal warfare yet.

AIADMK may have lost, but for Palaniswami, Tamil Nadu election results are seen as a win

With no Jayalalithaa & battling anti-incumbency, Chief Minister Palaniswami held his own and ensured AIADMK will still be a vital part of the state's politics as the main opposition.

DMK MP A Raja booked for alleged vulgar comments against Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami

The case was filed on a complaint by AIADMK to Tamil Nadu chief electoral officer. The party has also approached EC to debar A. Raja from campaigning for 6 April assembly polls.

Palaniswami is Tamil Nadu’s survivor-in-chief, he doesn’t need to be Jayalalithaa or MGR

That the AIADMK govt didn’t fall and served out the full term is a testimony to Palaniswami’s political instinct and capability.

Tamil Nadu CM meets Governor, discusses release of convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

Tamil Nadu minister D Jayakumar said the chief minister submitted a representation to the Governor, while taking up the release of the seven convicts.

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No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.