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There is no strong electoral wind blowing across Tamil Nadu to indicate the emerging trends and directions of the potential outcome of the assembly elections to be held on April 23, 2026. There is nothing to suggest that there is something brewing beneath the political surface. The alliances have been formalised, seat sharing arrangements have been completed, candidates list have been prepared and circulated out of the party headquarters and finally the filing of nomination process has begun. Al ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 9 (PTI) Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday alleged that the proposed amendment to ensure 33 per cent reservation for women in the midst of polls in states including Tamil Nadu appeared to be yet another political manoeuvre aimed at shaping electoral narratives. Stalin alleged the timing for the proposed amendment led to serious suspicion. "Why push such a far-reaching decision in the middle of state elections. This appears to be yet another political manoeuvre aimed at shaping ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Polls 2026: New entrants, regional satraps, and national players are all trying to carve out space in a state traditionally dominated by Dravidian parties The 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election is shaping up as one of the most closely watched contests in recent years, with a mix of established power centres and new political entrants redefining the landscape. While the core battle remains between the ruling DMK and the AIADMK-led alliance, the entry of actor-turned-politician Vijay ha ...Read More >
New Delhi: Ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, actor Vijay Talapathy is positioning himself as an alternative for the people of the state, where politics has long revolved DMK and Artificial Intelligence ADMK.Due to ideological differences with the NDA and political battle with the DMK, TVK has emerged as the third choice for Tamil voters, fielding candidates in all 234 seats.So, will this experiment live up to Vijay's expectations? Well, there's still a fighting chance.Why does Vijay ha ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, actor Vijay Thalapathy has positioned himself as an alternative for the people in a state where politics, for a very long time, has revolved around the DMK and the AIADMK.With its ideological differences with the NDA and political tussle with the DMK, TVK has emerged as a third option for Tamil voters by fielding candidates on all 234 seats.So, will the experiment live up to Vijay's expectations? Well, there is a fighting chance.Why Vijay st ...Read More >
Nagercoil (Tamil Nadu), Apr 4 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday termed the Centre's proposed FCRA Amendment Bill 2026 "draconian", and alleged it targeted minorities, especially Christian organisations and demanded that it be dropped. Addressing a rally here, Stalin alleged that the BJP-led Centre failed to protect Tamil Nadu fishermen and it has failed in its foreign policy. Furthermore, the Dravidian party chief alleged that PM Modi has created a situation of no influenc ...Read More >
New Delhi: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai was not included in the list of 27 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections announced by the party on Friday.When asked about the move, state president Nainal Nagendra said, "The decision was taken by the party high command". The differences with the party surfaced days ago when Annamalai was absent from the Coimbatore airport during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit.However, just hours after the candidate list was released, Annama ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai was not included in the party's list of 27 candidates released on Friday for the upcoming assembly elections.When asked about the move, state president Nainar Nagendra said the "decision was taken by the party high command."The development comes days after differences between Annamalai and the party surfaced, following his absence at Coimbatore airport during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit.However, just hours after the names of the candida ...Read More >
DINDIGUL: Hitting back at the BJP leader Piyush Goyal for releasing a list of allegations, nicknamed as "chargesheet", against the DMK, calling it "corrupt and dynastic", the Dravidian party's MP Kanimozhi stated the Union minister himself hails from a political family. "Goyal cannot talk about us being dynastic because he himself is one. He comes from a political family, and I think many of the BJP leaders are from political families. Maybe the prime minister is not, but a lot of them (party l ...Read More >
Dindigul, Apr 3 (PTI) Hitting back at the BJP leader Piyush Goyal for releasing a list of allegations, nicknamed as "chargesheet", against the DMK, calling it "corrupt and dynastic", the Dravidian party's MP Kanimozhi stated the Union minister himself hails from a political family. "Goyal cannot talk about us being dynastic because he himself is one. He comes from a political family, and I think many of the BJP leaders are from political families. Maybe the prime minister is not, but a lot of t ...Read More >
Chennai/New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party has released its list of 27 candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, triggering political discussion after the absence of former state president K Annamalai from the roster. Despite being widely seen as the party's most prominent face in the state and a key figure in its southern expansion strategy, Annamalai was not fielded in the list. Senior leaders, including Tamilisai Soundararajan from Mylapore, Vanathi Srinivasan from Coimba ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its list of 27 candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, after negotiations within the NDA alliance. The release of the BJP's first candidate list for the April 23, 2026, Tamil Nadu Assembly elections has sent shockwaves through the state's political circles. K Annamalai, the aggressive "Singham" of the Tamil Nadu BJP who was widely expected to lead the charge, is conspicuously absent from ...Read More >
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Apr 2 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin on Thursday alleged that it was the AIADMK that copied his party's flagship schemes in its manifesto and claimed that the more the visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the more will be the victory margin of his alliance. Addressing an election rally here, the ruling Dravidian party chief alleged Palaniswami had no achievements to list out and he did not implement anyth ...Read More >
Erode (Tamil Nadu), Apr 2 (PTI) DMK President, Chief Minister M K Stalin, on Thursday, alleged that the NDA's betrayals include 'strangling' the MSMEs during the ongoing West Asia crisis. Addressing an election rally here, Stalin alleged AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami had no achievements to claim for his government during 2017-21; neither does PM Modi, who comes on "election tours" to Tamil Nadu. Ridiculing the slow pace of work to build Madurai AIIMS, as that project was announced by the ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 2 (UNI) After a two-day government holiday, filing of nominations for the April 23 high stakes Assembly elections resumed on Thursday, with a host of candidates including Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Founder-President and actor-politician and Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin filing their papers from their respective constituencies. While Vijay, who has entered the foray from two seats in his maiden electoral plunge, filed his nomination papers from Tiruchi East ...Read More >
Karur (Tamil Nadu), Apr 1 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday ridiculed AIADMK chief Palaniswami, saying the DMK only had an alliance with the BJP during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee era and unlike the leader of opposition, they did not mortgage the party. Addressing an election rally here, Stalin said the AIADMK regime brought only trials and tribulations to the people, and the current BJP government at the Centre continues to betray Tamil Nadu out of frustration over its 2024 ...Read More >
Chennai, Mar 31 (UNI) The ruling DMK and the prinicpal Opposition AIADMK are bracing up for intense battle as the two major Dravidian parties are locked in a direct contest in 121 of the total 234 seats in the April 23 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu With the filing of nominatons commencing for the high stake four-cornered contest, the on field battle between the two ar rivals, which had been ruling the state alternatively for the last six decades, gained momentum as both the parties gear up f ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Election: From AIADMK-Led NDA To Ruling DMK, What Do The Alliances Look Like? Tamil Nadu assembly election 2026: April 23 will see a three-way battle as DMK and AIADMK alliances face debutant Vijay's TVK, with major seat-sharing deals and new factions Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026: The battle lines are drawn and Tamil Nadu is ready for a high-stakes assembly election on April 23, which will move away from a traditionally bipolar to a three-cornered contest this time. Tamil Nad ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu elections: Perambur has traditionally been a politically active seat, with a mix of industrial workers, lower- and middle-income households, and long-established residential pockets. Vijay on Monday filed his nomination papers to contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the Perambur constituency in Chennai, marking his formal entry into electoral politics. The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief, who has transitioned from a successful film career into public life, is making his ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: The BJP had sought his intervention to reunite the divided factions in AIADMK, said expelled party veteran KA Sengottaiyan on Friday, comments that are likely to spark discomfort between the Dravidian party leadership and the Saffron party. "The BJP invited and entrusted me with the task of reuniting the two factions in AIADMK. I too echoed the same opinion. I shared my view that AIADMK is left with no option but the BJP, and for them, no alternative than AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. I als ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly session on Wednesday witnessed a political slugfest between the ruling DMK and principal opposition AIADMK after the latter moved an adjournment motion to discuss the September 27 Karur stampede, which claimed 41 lives. All hell broke loose when the back-and-forth between the Dravidian parties meandered into the topic of a chief minister's duty, and DMK chief and Chief Minister MK Stalin brought up the Thoothukudi firing incident, in which 12 people ...Read More >
Chennai, Oct 3 (PTI) Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK has slammed TVK chief Vijay for his alleged "arrogance, hunger for money, publicity mania and the desire for chair," and said his challenge to the state government to arrest him for the stampede was aimed at diverting attention away from the deaths of as many as 41 persons. The ruling party said Vijay's acting skills, which "failed" long ago in the field of cinema, will not succeed in real life as well. In its editorial slamming Vijay, the DMK organ ...Read More >
Chennai, Sep 23 (UNI) Call it the Vijay effect. Rattling the ruling DMK, Congress leaders in Tamil Nadu have started raising the demand for a share in power with a renewed push for a coalition government after the assembly elections early next year. This comes in the wake of actor Vijay's open invite to political parties to align with his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) whuile promising to share power in government. A constituent of the INDIA Bloc in the state, led by the DMK, the Congress eye ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi government will soon begin clearing pending electric vehicle (EV) subsidy dues amounting to about ₹140 crore, officials said on Monday as per PTI. Transport Minister Pankaj Singh confirmed that the department will verify all subsidy applications to resolve the backlog, which has piled up over the past two years. "The process of identifying eligible beneficiaries has already started," an official said. A dedicated portal for clearing dues is also being prepared. The develop ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Asserting that DMK government's welfare schemes are not driven by vote-bank politics but by a commitment to use power as an opportunity to uplift the marginalised, Chief Minister MK Stalin launched the Anbu Karangal scheme on the birth anniversary of former chief minister CN Annadurai on Monday. Describing votes as a symbol of the people's trust in his party, Stalin said the DMK was using that mandate to fulfil people's needs and drive social change. He was speaking after inaugurating ...Read More >
Chennai, Sep 15 (UNI) With the national capital turning out to be the epicentre of the internal feud in the AIADMK, heading the NDA in Tamil Nadu, its General Secretary and former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), is heading to meet the BJP's master poll strategist and union Home Minister Amit Shah tomorrow to sort out the issues in the wake of the rebellion led by party veteran and former Minister KA Sengottaiyan. Though EPS' trip to Delhi is trotted to be a meeting with CP Radha ...Read More >
Chennai, Sep 15 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin paid rich tributes to Dravidian stalwart and former Chief Minister C N Annadurai, fondly addressed as "Perarignar Anna" on his birth anniversary on Monday. Hailing the leader for his significant contribution to the state, Stalin in a post on 'X' said, "We will not let Tamil Nadu that the leader built bow its head. #RememberingAnna." Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai (September 15, 1909 - February 3, 1969) was the founder of the Dravida Mu ...Read More >
Chennai, September 13: Tamil actor-turned-politician Vijay will launch the TVK's first-ever election campaign tour from Tiruchi on Saturday, marking a crucial moment in the run-up to the 2026 Assembly polls. The campaign will begin with a public rally in Ariyalur, where Vijay will address supporters after travelling from Tiruchirapalli. The actor is using a specially-designed campaign bus equipped with advanced cameras, loudspeakers, and fitted with protective iron railings to prevent unauthoris ...Read More >
Chennai: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has put the ruling DMK and INDIA bloc in Tamil Nadu in a tight spot by urging them to support the nomination of Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan to the post of vice-president. BJP state president Nainar Nagendran on Monday said it was a "historic moment" that Radhakrishnan, "the son of Tamil soil", had been chosen for the vice presidential polls. "This is not merely a political decision, but a proud recognition for all Tamil people. If history ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's assertion that the saffron party will join the government if the AIADMK-BJP alliance wins in 2026, DMK organisational secretary R S Bharathi said, "That is the BJP's agenda. Palaniswami, despite already knowing this, is misleading his own party cadre out of fear that they themselves will not accept it." Countering Shah's claims, in an interview to TNIE, that the NDA would win by a landslide in TN in 2026, Bharathi said, "They definitely canno ...Read More >
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