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The Vaiko-led MDMK has withdrawn from the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance after nine years, citing ideological concerns and post-election political developments.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.
Equating the ruling DMK and the BJP as the same and not different, film star-turned politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay on Thursday warned the electorate against voting for them.
Vijay’s dual-seat contest, welfare promises and sharp criticism of DMK signal a high-stakes entry that could reshape Tamil Nadu’s traditional two-front electoral battle.
DMK MP Kanimozhi on Thursday asked the Centre to "abandon" the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, stating that it empowers the government to "unjustly block foreign funding."
Launching a tirade against the Opposition AIADMK and the BJP, Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Wednesday alleged that the NDA, if voted to power in the assembly election, will obliterate even the identity of Tamil Nadu by rechristening it as ‘Dakshina Pradesh’ and to prevent this, he called for unity under one banner against the saffron alliance.
Traditional rivals, the ruling DMK and the principal opposition AIADMK, are engaged in a direct contest in 121 seats in the April 23 election to the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.
