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DMK’s Senthil Balaji gets anticipatory bail in MLA poaching case

DMK’s Senthil Balaji gets anticipatory bail in MLA poaching case

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The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MLA V. Senthil Balaji and his brother Ashok Kumar in a case alleging they offered ₹35 crore to a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) legislator to influence his vote on a proposed resolution against the Tamil Nadu Assembly speaker. The Madras High Court granted anticipatory bail to the DMK MLA and his brother in a case alleging a ₹35 crore offer to influence a TVK legislator. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan directed both petitioners to appear before the investigating officer “twice daily until further orders” and to “cooperate with the investigation.” An FIR was registered against Balaji and Kumar by the Chennai police on June 30 following a complaint filed by TVK MLA N Elaiyaraja. Elaiyaraja alleged that he received a phone call on June 26 from a person identifying himself as Thirunavukarasu, who claimed to represent a ‘democratic strategy’ organisation, and offered him ₹35 crore to vote against the TVK whip when a resolution against Assembly Speaker JCD Prabhakar is taken up in …

SC disapproves of DMK’s attempt to seek judicial restraint on Vijay, TVK leaders

SC disapproves of DMK’s attempt to seek judicial restraint on Vijay, TVK leaders

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday disapproved of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s attempt to seek judicial restraint on Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay and other ruling Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) leaders from making public statements on the Karur stampede. It observed that the court could not be converted into a “political fora” to settle political battles. The Supreme Court said chief minister C Joseph Vijay is not an accused in the Karur stampede case. (ANI) A bench of justices KV Viswanathan and Alok Aradhe declined to entertain an application, repeatedly underlining that it would neither curtail free speech nor issue directions contrary to its earlier orders directing a court-monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the tragedy. Faced with the bench’s strong observations, senior advocate Ranjit Kumar, appearing for DMK Rajya Sabha member RS Bharathi, withdrew the application, with liberty to pursue any other remedy. “Mr. Ranjit Kumar seeks to withdraw this application to pursue such other remedy as may be available to the applicant. We dismiss the application as withdrawn as …

T.N. Government formation LIVE: Congress exited alliance after realising DMK’s intent to join hands with AIADMK ‘for power’, claims MP Manickam Tagore

T.N. Government formation LIVE: Congress exited alliance after realising DMK’s intent to join hands with AIADMK ‘for power’, claims MP Manickam Tagore

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While TVK chief Vijay and senior party leaders reached out to the DMK’s allies — the Communist Party of India, the CPI(M) and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, which have two seats each — DMK president M.K. Stalin is also learnt to have broached with these three parties the idea of backing an AIADMK-led government. Now clearly, the three parties hold the key to any further churn in Tamil Nadu politics. Currently, the TVK with the support of the five elected candidates of the Congress, effectively has 112 seats in the 234-member House after accounting for the legal mandate for Vijay to resign from one of his two seats. Mr. Stalin, the outgoing Chief Minister, invited CPI(M) State secretary P. Shanmugam, CPI State secretary M. Veerapandian, and VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan to his house for discussions. The DMK would not join the government, but the allies are free to take a decision on joining the government, he reportedly told them. While the two Communist parties sought time, stating their State committee meetings scheduled for Friday would …

‘Those gloating over TMC, DMK’s failure…’: Priyanka Chaturvedi slams Oppn over ‘lack of unity’

‘Those gloating over TMC, DMK’s failure…’: Priyanka Chaturvedi slams Oppn over ‘lack of unity’

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday slammed infighting within the parties which are a part of the INDIA bloc, while stating that this is “what the voters reject.” Chaturvedi said that the “voters reject” such divides, alleging that the BJP “exploits” it. (Sansad TV) The former Rajya Sabha MP criticised the “gloating” from allies over Trinamool Congress’s loss in Bengal and DMK’s defeat in Tamil Nadu as “shameful”. “The kind of gloating coming from within own India Alliance over the failure of TMC and DMK is shameful to see,” Chaturvedi said in a post on X. In West Bengal, the BJP defeated Mamata Banerjee’s TMC to form government in the state for the first time, winning 207 seats. The TMC secured 80 seats in the Assembly polls. Meanwhile, actor-turned-poltician Vijay’s TVK emerged as the single largest party in Tamil Nadu with 108 seats, with the DMK reduced to 59 seats. Mamata and Stalin also lost the respective constituencies they were contesting from – Bhabanipur and Kolathur. Both the TMC and DMK have been …

Why Good Governance Wasn’t Enough: The DMK’s 2026 Crisis

Why Good Governance Wasn’t Enough: The DMK’s 2026 Crisis

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The DMK delivered. That is the uncomfortable starting point of any honest analysis of 2026. Growth at 11 per cent. Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam disbursing monthly entitlements directly into women’s accounts. Health insurance widened, pensions institutionalised, school meals expanded, free bus travel sustained. By any conventional metric of welfare-state performance, the Stalin government’s record was not just defensible but distinctive. The party went into the election with a manifesto that organised this delivery around a coherent ideological claim — urimai, entitlement as right rather than gift, the state’s transfers framed as the citizen’s due rather than the leader’s largesse. And it lost two-thirds of its assembly strength. The puzzle is not why the DMK was punished but why competent governance produced a punishment of this magnitude. Several things were happening at once, and disentangling them is the work of the next several months. But certain diagnostics can be offered now. The first is that the conversion of ideology to programmatic governance, which the DMK genuinely accomplished, was not matched by a conversion of programmatic governance …

DMK’s fortress of Chennai breached like never before

DMK’s fortress of Chennai breached like never before

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TVK supporters celebrate after the party won the assembly elections. | Photo Credit: Ragur R As the counting for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections is underway, it is evident that the newly formed Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay, has swept all but two of the 16 assembly constituencies in the State’s capital Chennai.  This included the defeat of Chief Minister MK Stalin from Kolathur constituency in the hands of TVK’s VS Babu. This is the first instance of an incumbent CM losing his seat since the defeat of late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa from Bargur constituency in 1996.  Published – May 04, 2026 05:58 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Tamil Nadu election 2026: Leemarose trying her luck in DMK’s pocketborough Lalgudi constituency

Tamil Nadu election 2026: Leemarose trying her luck in DMK’s pocketborough Lalgudi constituency

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A view of Lalgudi Bus Terminal in Tiruchi district | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy The entry of Leemarose Martin, wife of lottery baron Santiago Martin, who is testing electoral battle on the AIADMK ticket, has made the Lalgudi constituency as one of the keenly watched constituencies in the State. Ever since the AIADMK nominated Ms. Leemarose, who was born in Devakottai, the cadres have been canvassing votes for her by visiting each and every village in the constituency. The reception that she receives in villages has enthused the workers of the AIADMK, which has not won the seat since 2006. They work overtime to secure victory for Ms. Rose, the wealthiest candidate in the Assembly elections. Published – April 21, 2026 10:06 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

As govt delimitation fails, DMK’s counter| India News

As govt delimitation fails, DMK’s counter| India News

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A day after the BJP-led NDA government’s Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill failed the Parliament test — it sought to hasten the implementation of 33% women’s quota in legislatures — Tamil Nadu’s ruling party DMK proposed a private member’s bill instead, delinking the reservation from any change in the total number and boundaries of constituencies. Opposition stance (PTI) The DMK bill proposed to implement the 33% reservation from the very next election, on the existing 543-seat Lok Sabha, without any seat-increase, delimitation, or census data new or old. The bill, by DMK MP Wilson, is any Opposition party’s most direct legislative response so far to the BJP’s charge that rival parties blocked women’s reservation altogether. But both Houses were adjourned indefinitely on Friday, hence the bill could not be taken up for now. Delimitation question The women’s quota was originally passed with almost all-party support in 2023; the question now was over a “hasty” delimitation being proposed based on the old, 2011 Census data, without addressing larger questions of regional distribution of seats and caste sub-quotas, …

DMK’s Udhayanidhi Stalin criticises AIADMK leader, urges voters to back EV Velu

DMK’s Udhayanidhi Stalin criticises AIADMK leader, urges voters to back EV Velu

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Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin launched a sharp attack on Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami during an election campaign meeting in Tiruvannamalai. Addressing a large gathering, Udhayanidhi Stalin criticised Palaniswami, stating, “We have seen aggressive devotees and aggressive party workers, but Edappadi Palaniswami stands as an aggressive slave of the BJP.” He further alleged that the AIADMK leader has become subservient to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is attempting to bring the BJP into Tamil Nadu. The campaign meeting was held near the Thiruvalluvar statue in the Tiruvannamalai Assembly constituency in support of DMK candidate and Public Works Minister E.V. Velu. Thousands of party workers and members of alliance parties, including Congress, MDMK, DMDK, VCK, CPI(M), and CPI, participated in the event. Udhayanidhi Stalin arrived in an open vehicle and sought votes for the DMK`s Rising Sun symbol. During his speech, he praised E.V. Velu, highlighting his administrative capability and experience. He noted that both former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and current Chief Minister M.K. Stalin have recognised Velu`s efficiency. He …

Key promises from DMK’s manifesto for Tamil Nadu polls| India News

Key promises from DMK’s manifesto for Tamil Nadu polls| India News

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Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK supremo MK Stalin on Sunday released the party’s manifesto for the upcoming assembly elections in the state. During a press conference in Chennai, Stalin unveiled the manifesto, which includes various promises such as free travel for women, improved medical care, skill training and more. DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin speaks during the release of the party manifesto for the upcoming Assembly elections, at Anna Arivalayam party headquarters in Chennai (ANI) Tamil Nadu will head to the polls in a single phase on April 23. The counting of votes will be held by the Election Commission of India on May 4. The DMK manifesto focuses on six aspects, which CM Stalin has dubbed as the “six steps towards progress.” These six elements focus on the welfare of women, family, youth, farmers, housing, infrastructure and governance. DMK releases manifesto for Tamil Nadu elections | 5 key takeaways ₹8000 ‘Illatharasi’ coupon scheme for women One of the key promises made in the manifesto for 2026, DMK has announced …