Annamalai was replaced as BJP state president last year. However, Home Minister Amit Shah had indicated the party would continue to utilise his organizational skills.
MGR’s charitable donations and generosity percolated through generations, with many remembering even his decision to become Tamil Nadu CM as an act of ‘large-heartedness’.
With less than a year to go for polls in Tamil Nadu, Vijay’s young party TVK is organising its second conference in Madurai where it is expected to pass multiple resolutions.
DMK president & CM Stalin stepped in immediately but BJP latched on to remark and dared Congress to leave the alliance. AIADMK said Congress should ‘exhibit more spine’.
Congress steps up demand for greater power-sharing within INDIA bloc ahead of 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, but DMK remains silent, triggering fresh political chatter in the alliance dynamics.
The political consultancy, led by Rishi Raj Singh after Prashant Kishor’s exit, will work with the ruling party’s own political strategy firm Populus Empowerment Network.
Polls about a year away, parties such as VCK, PMK, DMDK are organising large rallies & conferences to mobilise support bases, and send signals to their existing or prospective allies.
DMK is being mocked as party of the ‘rising son’. AIADMK is struggling to fill the vacuum left behind by Jayalalithaa, while the Congress suffers from leadership bankruptcy.
Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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