Historic return for Congress in Tamil Nadu after 59 years; two MLAs to be sworn in as ministers
Venugopal said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has cleared the induction of MLAs Rajesh Kumar and P Vishwanathan into the Tamil Nadu Cabinet.
Venugopal said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has cleared the induction of MLAs Rajesh Kumar and P Vishwanathan into the Tamil Nadu Cabinet.
Actor-politician Joseph Vijay offered prayers at the famed Tiruchendur Murugan Temple in the early hours of Tuesday, drawing significant public attention days after polling concluded in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
A misplaced euphoria and excitement is there about the ‘historic voter turnout’ of 85.14 in the April 23 polling for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections which masks the ground reality of the voter cake shrinking, pushing the percentage higher with no remarkable jump in the actual votes cast.
The process of filing nominations for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections is set to conclude on Monday, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) reporting a total of 3,430 nominations received across the state so far.
Even as the deadline for filing nominations for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections draws to a close on Monday, with only a three-day window remaining, both the Congress and the BJP, part of the DMK and the AIADMK-led NDA fronts, respectively, are dragging their feet in releasing their candidate lists.
With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections drawing closer, the ruling DMK and the opposition AIADMK have released comprehensive election manifestos, packed with welfare-oriented promises aimed at key voter groups, particularly women, farmers, and low-income households.
Tamil Nadu will go to the polls in a single phase on April 23, with counting of votes scheduled for May 4.
The announcement is expected to come after Chief Minister M.K. Stalin finalises seat allocations within the DMK-led alliance.
In the run-up to the multi-cornered Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is once again facing scrutiny over its internal family dynamics, with rivals using it to launch political attacks and corner it.
The latest development adds to the list of multiple political and legal setbacks that Vijay has suffered since his political debut along with increased scrutiny over personal matters as well.
