At All India Federation for Social Justice conference, he also backed women's reservations & caste-census. Other speakers included Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren & ex-CM of UP Akhilesh Yadav.
Muruganandam’s professional capabilities and detailed planning of flagship scheme to provide financial aid to women helped build a rapport with Stalin.
Even in 2021, DMK could not capture western region when it won 133 seats overall in state. Support for AIADMK in southern region had been recorded first in 1979.
Signs of bonhomie were evident in August when a BJP MLA shared stage with CM Stalin. Since then, DMK and BJP leaders have shared the stage on at least three occasions.
Experts point to lower fertility, large dependent population and shrinking working-age population as factors that have led to concerns over demography in southern states.
While BJP & DMK are rivals in terms of ideologies, political watchers say the parties have been covertly maintaining their friendship, even though they would never join hands electorally.
With the induction of Dr. Govi Chezhiaan Sunday, there are now 4 Dalit ministers in the TN Cabinet. DMK denies external pressure, says a deserving candidate was given the post.
Senthil Balaji's reinstatement also significant in light of his support base in western TN, reflecting DMK's aspirations to make inroads in region where AIADMK won most seats last time.
Tensions between the parties stems from VCK’s longstanding desire for share of power in the govt. In past 2 weeks, their relationship has been rollercoaster of rifts & reconciliation.
High value of 350-acre Ford plant property drove TN to encourage Ford to return over nearly a yr of negotiations. It's expected to reinforce state's resurgence as global manufacturing hub.
Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion
New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.
Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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