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.
The interview of those who have applied for a party ticket was conducted by Vijay at the TVK headquarters at Panaiyur, a suburb of Chennai.
Party leader Vijay will address the gathering and is likely to unveil several initiatives and welfare proposals focussing on women as part of the party’s election commitments.
Prime Minister Modi would address the rally to mark the formal launch of the NDA’s poll campaign in the southern state.
With the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections scheduled later this year, political activity in the state has gathered pace, and the Congress party is preparing a renewed push that combines alliance negotiations with large-scale organisational mobilisation.
Interestingly, the meeting comes amidst reports of the fledgling TVK holding informal parleys with the principal opposition, AIADMK, for a tie-up for the assembly poll.
