Welcoming the AMMK, led by TTV Dhinakaran, back into the NDA fold, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, election in-charge of Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday said the alliance partners have joined hands to remove the corrupt, incompetent and anti-Bharat DMK from power in the upcoming assembly poll.
The verbal to-and-fro between Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai ahead of the high-stakes BMC elections has revived old fault lines over regional identity, migration, and Mumbai’s status as India’s financial capital.
Can the saffron party overcome long-standing political and cultural resistance in Tamil Nadu; understanding the number game in the state with Hindus as the substantial majority.
Attired in the traditional Tamil dress code of white dhoti and shirt with an angavastram (long towel), Shah took part in the ‘Modi Pongal’ in which women cooked Pongal (rice with jaggery, milk and ghee) in 1008 clay pots.
According to police, who have launched a manhunt to nab the accused, the three men assaulted the victim’s boyfriend and chased him away before dragging her to a nearby place where she was sexually assaulted.
