A fiery speech at a political meeting has turned into a major legal and political controversy, with police action, protests by supporters and an investigation now underway.
The Vaiko-led MDMK has withdrawn from the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance after nine years, citing ideological concerns and post-election political developments. The party says it will decide on future electoral alliances at the appropriate time.
Stung by the Leader of the Opposition, Udhayanidhi Stalin’s persistent debunking of the Joseph Vijay administration as a ‘sofa model government’ which would not last long, Tamil Nadu Health Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader KG Arun Raj on Wednesday slammed the DMK scion as a lotus eater, oblivious of the dynastic throne, he was hoping for, getting abolished by the electoral verdict.
DMK has intensified its attack on Rahul Gandhi, accusing Congress of working against INDIA bloc allies in state elections and blaming his leadership for growing discontent within the opposition alliance.
Senior DMK leader Thangam Thennarasu claimed that Stalin's remarks on the future of the Vijay-led government had been misrepresented.
Sharpening his attack on the BJP and the RSS, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Friday made an appeal to save the land of Gandhi by teaching a befitting lesson to the heirs of Godse, who, he said, are out to destroy the nation and attempting to erase the Mahatma.
In a last-ditch bid to save his political future, former deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam (OPS), who has been left to fend for himself, has expressed his desire to join the AIADMK provided his ‘beloved brother’ and party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader TTV Dhinakaran, were prepared for readmitting him.
In the view of Stalin, also the DMK president, the ascent of the BJP at the Union Government has seen a corresponding rise not only in student suicides in top-notch institutions but also attacks on Kashmiri, South Indian, and minority students.
Addressing a gathering of the party's women wing here, Stalin said that nearly 3,000 people have been injured in the BJP-ruled Manipur, and around one lakh people have moved out.
He also questioned the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, asking whether the Constitution was not in danger when an Act of Parliament was being openly defied by State Assemblies.
