Reiterating Tamil Nadu’s firm opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP) introduced by the BJP-led Union Government, Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Saturday declared that Tamil Nadu is a Dravidian state, not a saffron one, and will never implement the NEP, which he said aims to saffronise and dismantle the country's education system.
Tightening the screws on the DMK government in the alleged Rs 1000 crore liquor scam in Tamil Nadu, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) questioned the Managing Director of TASMAC, which is the sole retailer and wholesaler of Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) in the state, besides carrying out fresh raids at 12 locations on Friday.
In a minor cabinet reshuffle, the Chief Minister reallocated the portfolios of Duraimurugan and Law and Prisons Minister S Regupathy.
Despite quitting the Stalin cabinet, Senthil Balaji’s political utility hasn’t diminished, and he is likely to get a prominent role in the ruling DMK as the party in-charge of the ‘Kongu region’, western Tamil Nadu districts, according to party sources.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the coming together of the BJP and the AIADMK ahead of the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu in 2026.
With Shah clearing the air on who will lead the NDA in the assembly poll, he had ensured the return of the Dravidian major into the saffron combine.
A fierce backlash over the derogatory and misogynistic remarks made by a senior DMK minister, K Ponmudy, linking sex workers to religion, forced party president and Chief Minister MK Stalin to strip him of his post in the DMK.
“You know who were in alliance before 2014 and what Tamil Nadu got back then,” he said, rejecting the claims of neglect.
The Centre will soon convene a meeting of the riparian states on Karnataka's proposal to increase the height of the Alamatti Dam, a move opposed by neighbouring Tamil Nadu, where the DMK, an alliance partner, is in power.
Even as the Marxist party stops short of calling the Modi regime fascist, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin has made it clear that defeating fascism and bringing to a close the BJP rule at the Centre is a prerequisite for federalism to blossom in the country.
