‘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.
Justice N Senthilkumar on Friday had ordered the constitution of the SIT headed by senior IPS officer and North Zone Inspector General Asra Garg, pulling up the state police for inaction.
Lok Sabha MP and former Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to direct the authorities concerned to furnish a comprehensive report on the deadly stampede at actor Vijay’s political rally in Karur in the state on September 27 that claimed 41 lives.
He called the BJP-led Union Government as anti-federal with a motto of dismantling States by depriving them of their legitimate rights and welfare.
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin criticised the BJP party and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for rushing to Karur after the stampede, stating that the Centre had ignored Tamil Nadu during previous disasters.
One of India's greatest actors, Sivaji Ganesan created an indelible impression in Tamil cinema. His long career spanned four decades, and he worked in 250 films.
