Tag: DMK
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Change of guard in TN, DMK to form govt after 10 years
One interesting aspect of this Assembly poll is the NTK party that has emerged as a third force in many constituencies after the DMK and the AIADMK.
May 2, 2021 -
Tamil Nadu Assembly elections: DMK-led alliance set for an emphatic win, cadres gather at party headquarters
The majority of the pre-poll opinion survey and the exit polls predicted a large win for the 10 year power-starved DMK.
May 2, 2021 -
Early trends show AIADMK and DMK in close race in Tamil Nadu
Meanwhile, MNM party founder and actor Kamal Haasan is leading in Coimbatore (South) constituency.
May 2, 2021 -
TN: High-octane campaign ends
As many as 3,998 candidates, CM, his deputy, Stalin, Dhinakaran, Haasan, Seeman& Murugan are in fray
April 5, 2021 -
Modi slams Cong-DMK’s ‘anti-women’ mindset
Prime Minister dubs former Union telecom minister A Raja 'outdated 2G missile' of Congress & DMK
March 31, 2021 -
DMK releases list of candidates for Tamil Nadu polls
DMK is one of the parties which has always advocated for the Women’s Reservation Bill that would ensure 33 per cent seat reservation for women in government posts and legislatures. Of the DMK’s women candidates, six will contest in reserved constituencies.
March 13, 2021 -
Budget session may be cut short for Assembly polls
Parties request LS speaker to curtail Parl session to allow them focus on upcoming elections
March 9, 2021 -
Quitting active politics to fight DMK: Sasikala
Move aims at ensuring Jayalalithaa's golden rule is established in Tamil Nadu
March 5, 2021 -
TN Assembly polls: BJP, AIADMK meet, discuss seat-sharing
AIADMK which leads NDA in the state election offered to share 15 seats with BJP in Assembly polls
February 28, 2021 -
Stalin to give first 100 days for people’s issues
Says TN people want the state to be secular and will not allow BJP to grow clout
January 26, 2021 -
RMM: Members free to join any party
Statement comes after three dist secretaries join DMK in the presence of party president M K Stalin
January 19, 2021 -
‘Stalin can never become chief minister’: Expelled DMK leader MK Alagiri
With Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu likely to be held in April-May, the former Union Minister's role is being speculated, from joining the BJP to floating his own outfit.
January 4, 2021 -
After Rajini U-turn, TN parties continue business as usual
AIADMK continued it’s assertion that chief minister Edpppadi K Palaniswami is the CM candidate for the upcoming Assembly polls, but its ally, the BJP today said the NDA coordination committee would take a final call on the CM.
December 31, 2020 -
Playing Politics
Wanting to show that he is a man of original ideas, the Chief Minister last month announced a sudden four-day ‘double lockdown’ for Chennai and four other cities where all essential supplies, including drinking water supply, would remain closed and no one would be allowed to step out of his house even for a breath of fresh air.
June 1, 2020 -
Chennai: DMK MP RS Bharathi gets bail hours after arrest under SC/ST Act
The 73 year-old DMK MP alleged that he was being targeted by AIADMK-led state government as he is trying to expose them for corruption in the purchases of COVID-19 supplies.
May 23, 2020 -
Pandemonium in Lok Sabha forces adjournment
For the second consecutive day of the resumed Budget session, proceedings were disrupted as an unrelenting Opposition demanded an immediate discussion on the Delhi violence.
March 3, 2020 -
Non-judgmental verdicts
The latest case in point is how the Chief Justice of India Sharad A Bobde disposed of DMK’s appeal against Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal’s failure to disqualify 11 AIADMK MLAs who disobeyed the party whip and voted against Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy in a motion of confidence on 18 February 2017, with the words, “Needless to mention the Speaker had to take a decision in accordance with the law,” without stipulating a period within which the Speaker should decide.
February 24, 2020