‘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.
In order to make the fight inclusive and a united one, Stalin said the DMK had convened an all-party meeting on November two to decide on the next course of action to stall the SIR.
Making her first official visit after assuming office, Amarasuriya, who had her graduation in New Delhi’s Hindu College, is on a three-day state visit to India from October 16 to 18.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Saturday urged Gram Sabhas to pass resolutions to remove caste names from roads and streets and rechristen them with common names.
In his letter to the Union Minister, Stalin urged that New Delhi take expeditious steps to revive the Joint Working Group, established to find a solution to the festering issue
The state government would always stand by the armed forces personnel, scientists, entrepreneurs and investors, he added.
