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Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 LIVE Updates: Voting to begin shortly | India News

Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 LIVE Updates: Voting to begin shortly | India News

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Voting to begin shortly. (Source: Express Archives) Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026 LIVE Updates: Voting for the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls has begun across all 234 constituencies. The polling exercise will determine the structure of the next state government, with results scheduled to be announced on May 4. The contest is primarily between the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)led alliance and the Opposition, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)led front. Both alliances have largely banked on continuity, renominating nearly two-thirds of their sitting MLAs. DMK vs AIADMK: This assembly elections feature a mix of political heavyweights and new entrants, shaping a closely watched contest. Chief Minister MK Stalin remains the central figure of the DMK-led alliance as it seeks to retain power, while AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami is leading the opposition campaign from Edappadi. Udhayanidhi Stalin has turned up as a face of the DMK’s next generation, while actor-turned-politician Vijay is contesting his first election. The contest is primarily between the DMK-led bloc and the AIADMK-led alliance aiming for a comeback. The DMK …

Anbumani alleges ₹500-crore irregularities in regulated markets in T.N.; seeks probe

Anbumani alleges ₹500-crore irregularities in regulated markets in T.N.; seeks probe

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Anbumani Ramadoss. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday (March 7, 2026) alleged that irregularities amounting to nearly ₹500 crore had taken place in regulated markets across Tamil Nadu over the past five years. In a statement, he said the State has 27 market committees overseeing 284 regulated markets, which are meant to facilitate the sale of farmers’ produce through a transparent auction system to ensure better prices for cultivators. He alleged that the officials allegedly split works into smaller projects below ₹5 lakh to bypass approvals and audits, citing a 2018 government order that allows market committees to undertake works costing up to that amount without prior permission. This method was allegedly used to show expenditure on activities such as compound wall construction, painting, flooring, and electrical works. He cited information obtained through the Right to Information Act, claiming that in Coimbatore district alone, market committees earned over ₹80 crore between 2021 and 2025, of which ₹76.47 crore was reportedly shown as spent, largely through …

I represent PMK, Ramadoss’ group a breakaway faction: Anbumani tells Madras High Court

I represent PMK, Ramadoss’ group a breakaway faction: Anbumani tells Madras High Court

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Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss’ estranged son Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday (February 2, 2026) claimed before the Madras High Court that only he represents the political party legally and that the group rallying behind his father was only a breakaway faction, which could not be considered as the party. Appearing before the first Division Bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan, senior counsel N.L. Rajah, representing Dr. Anbumani, said, his father was trying to “snatch an order from the court behind his (Dr. Anbumani) back” without making his client a party to the case. The submissions were made during the hearing of a writ petition filed by the party founder seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Tamil Nadu to communicate the allotment of the ‘mango’ symbol to the party for this year’s Assembly election to his official address in Chennai. Since the founder had made only the ECI and the CEO as respondents to the writ petition, …

The AIADMK is on a weak footing

The AIADMK is on a weak footing

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Expelled AIADMK veteran K.A. Sengottaiyan joined Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam in the presence of party president and actor Vijay at Panaiyur near Chennai on November 27, 2025 Photo: X/@TVKPartyHQ via PTI Last week, veteran leader K.A. Sengottaiyan, who was formerly with the All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), joined the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) led by actor Vijay in Tamil Nadu, which is set to go to the polls next year. Mr. Sengottaiyan, who is a former Transport and School Education Minister, was expelled from the AIADMK about a month ago. He felt sidelined by party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami and resigned from his post as MLA of Gobichettipalayam constituency in Erode district before joining the fledgling TVK. The move did not surprise many people. Mr. Sengottaiyan had only two options: to either walk over to the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) or join the TVK. He would have probably found the first option unacceptable, having been trained in anti-DMK politics for years. When there was pandemonium in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on March 25, …

Anbumani violating all norms of political decency: PMK founder Ramadoss

Anbumani violating all norms of political decency: PMK founder Ramadoss

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S. Ramadoss | Photo Credit: M. Samraj Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S. Ramadoss on Thursday (November 6, 2025) expressed serious concern over his estranged son Anbumani “violating all norms of political decency.” He alleged that Mr. Anbumani was instigating violence against party functionaries “in collusion with his wife Sowmiya Anbumani.” Speaking to reporters at his Thailapuram residence near Tindivanam, Mr. Ramadoss said that it was he who started the PMK and its parent organisation, the Vanniyar Sangam. “I had committed a few mistakes in my political career and this included making Anbumani a Central Minister and the president of the PMK. While the party is being run in a peaceful manner now, an impression of a rift is being created amongst the public and other party cadre,” he said. “Barring a few, most members of the other camp [Mr. Anbumani’s] were groomed by me. People who called me ‘Ayya’ have, for some reason, joined the other camp,” he further said. Mr. Ramadoss said that he was pained to see that he and honorary president …

Anbumani criticises T.N. Transport Dept.’s proposal to operate private buses on contract basis during Deepavali

Anbumani criticises T.N. Transport Dept.’s proposal to operate private buses on contract basis during Deepavali

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Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday (October 22, 2024) urged the State government to drop the Transport Department’s proposal to hire and operate private buses on a contractual basis during the Deepavali festival, expressing concern that it would lead to privatisation. In a statement, he said the State government had announced last month that it would operate private buses on a contractual basis during festivals to cater to the needs of commuters. “Transport Minister S.S. Sivasankar had recently announced that the Department would operate private buses by hiring them at ₹51.25 per kilometre on a rental basis for the Deepavali festival. Operating private buses on behalf of the State government under the guise of people’s convenience cannot be allowed,” Mr. Anbumani said. “Though the State government had said it would operate only a limited number of private buses, the reasons given by it are false. The private buses will be operated on a Gross Cost Contract basis. Initially, this system will be implemented only on additional buses. But in the future, it …

Anbumani raises concerns over pending infrastructure work in NCTPS-III

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File photo of PMK leader Anbumani Ramdoss | Photo Credit: S.R. Raghunathan The 800-MW supercritical technology-based North Chennai Thermal Power Station (NCTPS)-III at Athipet in Tiruvallur district, which was commissioned in March this year, has not been put into operation to generate power to its full capacity due to pending infrastructure work, said Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday (September 5, 2024). In a statement, he said the NCTPS-III was inaugurated in a “hurried manner”, a few months before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, when vital infrastructure work – such as coal handling units, conveyor belts to carry coal to the thermal power station, and fly ash ponds to dispose of coal combustion residues – was yet to be established. “Currently, the NCTPS-III is being operated using liquid fuel to generate power, which increased the production cost to ₹13 per unit of electricity. However, the supercritical technology-based NCTPS-III is 6 percent more efficient than other thermal power stations and could generate one unit of electricity with 0.45 kg of coal at a …

BJP allots 10 Lok Sabha seats for PMK, Annamalai and Ramadoss sign seat sharing agreement

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PMK founder S. Ramadoss. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Bhartiya Janata Party on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, alloted 10 seats in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls to the Pattali Makkal Katchi in Tamil Nadu. The agreement was signed by the PMK founder S. Ramadoss and BJP State president K. Annamalai at the former’s residence at Thailapuram in Villupuram district. In an early morning meeting, the leaders from both the parties discussed for nearly an hour before signing the seat sharing agreement in the presence of PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss and BJP former State president and Union Minister of State L. Murugan. Consequently, the PMK leaders are likely to participate the BJP’s public meeting at Salem to be held today where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the party cadre. The list of constituencies that the PMK will contest is expected to be announced in a couple of days. Source link

Will change of guard turn PMK’s fortunes? | Latest News India

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Chennai: On May 28 last year, inside a banquet hall in Chennai, there was rapturous applause when then Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president G K Mani announced that it would be 52-year-old Anbumani Ramadoss to whom they are handing over the party his father S Ramadoss founded. Mani set a clear objective on the dias that day: to take the party to the next level in Tamil Nadu politics and form the government by achieving the mission PMK 2.0, they are handing over the responsibility to the next generation. Junior Ramadoss’ elevation from youth wing leader to becoming the chief of his father’s party was expected. A teary-eyed Ramadoss hugged his son and rallied the cadre to work to ensure that a PMK government is formed under Anbumani in Tamil Nadu in 2026. Eight months later, junior Ramadoss, a Rajya Sabha MP and former Union health minister, is working towards that. PMK, currently an NDA ally, is trying to experiment with the idea of going solo again – like they did in 2016 assembly elections …