A case has been registered against All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) functionaries, including District Student Wing Secretary Kasimayan, for allegedly involving minors in election campaigning near Thirumangalam in Madurai, officials said on Tuesday.
This is said to be the reason for EPS postponing the constitution of the party committee to hold talks with the allies, including the BJP.
On the speculation that some more parties are entering the DMK-led alliance, she said, “Certainly, there is a possibility of a few more parties joining us. But, who would get accommodated will be decided by Chief Minister MK Stalin. He will announce it at the appropriate time.”
Terming the tie-up with the PMK a “natural alliance” aimed at unseating the ruling DMK’s “anti-people” regime, EPS said the coalition had been strengthened further.
Interestingly, he also asked ticket aspirants from Puducherry and Kerala to get the applications since the Union Territory and the neighbouring state as well are also having assembly elections early next year.
The meeting of Gurumurthy and Ramadoss assumes significance since the PMK, which has around 3℅ vote share in northern districts of Tamil Nadu, is yet to decide on the issue of alliance for the upcoming 2026 Assembly election.
Washing dirty linen in public, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss on Thursday chose to call his son and the heir apparent, Anbumani Ramadoss, names describing his as a shameless liar and regretting that it was a mistake to make him a Union Minister in 2004 when the party was a constituent of the UPA government.
A day after their public spat, indicating the ongoing power struggle within the first family of OBC Vanniyar-dominant Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), party founder S Ramadoss and his son, Anbumani, president of the party, buried the hatchet and met to resolve their differences at the former’s residence in Thailapuram, near Villupuram, on Sunday.
Infuriated by Chief Minister MK Stalin’s remark that Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss has no work and hence was issuing a statement against the DMK government every day, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday condemned it and demanded an apology.
DMK’s Anniyur Siva polled 1,24,053 votes while his nearest rival C Anbmani of the the OBC-Vanniyar dominant Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), an NDA constituent, secured 56,296 votes.
