If Vijay wins 1 or both seats, it will mark a significant personal victory & establish TVK as a serious new player capable of denting traditional vote banks in urban & semi-urban areas.
The affidavits of TN Dy CM are being scrutinised after a resident of his constituency, Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni, moved court alleging discrepancies. HC has given I-T dept 4 weeks for probe.
Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam is going solo in its electoral debut. The party has fielded key functionaries in what is shaping up as a three-cornered fight in Tamil Nadu.
Analysts say such schemes are significant in Tamil Nadu, where women make up more than half of the state’s voter base. DMK already disburses Rs 1,000 monthly to 1.3 crore women.
The city once prided itself on civic order. But under the DMK, it has been made to believe that dysfunction is normal, accountability is too much to ask for, and complaints should be whispered, not filed.
If successful, its exit would mark the first observed passage by an India-linked tanker since a weeks-old US blockade of ships tied to Iran began, pushing Hormuz transits to nearly zero.
Historically, and instinctively, India has seen threats emerging from the west and the north, from Pakistan and China. The east has received less attention.
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