Durai had resigned, citing the presence of a person trying to “destroy” the party. A rift between him & deputy general secretary Mallai Sathya had been simmering for a while, it is learnt.
Durai, son of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secy Vaiko, alleged the leader was indirectly working to destroy party 'by giving news to the media' to defame him.
When Dravidian politics stalwart S Duraisamy quit Vaiko’s MDMK Tuesday, he called for its merger with ‘mother’ party DMK. A look at the many splits & succession wars in the Tamil Nadu parties.
Iran faces a choice that is larger than the immediate conduct of war. It can continue the logic of short-term escalation, or it can think in the longer historical frame.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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