‘Toppling Vijay-led TVK govt not our intention’: DMK clarifies Stalin remarks
Senior DMK leader Thangam Thennarasu claimed that Stalin's remarks on the future of the Vijay-led government had been misrepresented.
Senior DMK leader Thangam Thennarasu claimed that Stalin's remarks on the future of the Vijay-led government had been misrepresented.
Ahead of the floor test to prove majority in the Assembly, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president on Monday walked the extra mile to meet his predecessor and DMK president MK Stalin at the latter’s residence, heralding a new political culture in the state.
Actor Rajinikanth met DMK president M K Stalin at his residence in Chennai soon after the party’s disappointing performance in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The unexpected visit has triggered interest.
Even as the DMK finds it difficult to digest the defeat at the hands of a debutant, Vijay, in the just-concluded assembly election, party president MK Stalin, in a bid to lift the morale of the rank and file of the party pointed out that the loss was of a meagre 3.52 per cent of votes and that the Dravidian major would bounce back to power.
The resignation comes against the backdrop of a major political shift in the state. The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-turned-politician Vijay, emerged as the single largest party, securing 107 seats in the 234-member assembly, just 11 short of the majority mark. The DMK, which had been in power, was reduced to 59 seats, marking a sharp decline.
Debunking the ‘double engine Sarkar’ claim of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has said that the model is a worn-out one consigned to waste and will never take off in the Dravidian heartland.
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.
Governor RN Ravi is at it again. For the third year in a row, he walked out of the Tamil Nadu Assembly without delivering the customary address to the House on Tuesday, sparking a fresh bout of turf war with the elected government of MK Stalin.
Stalin said that the actions of the Governor "insulted" the House and were against the protocols.
Traditionally, the Governor delivers the opening address in English, prepared by the State government and forwarded to him, after which the Speaker reads out the Tamil version. The proceedings of the opening day usually conclude with this address.
