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A fresh political war of words has erupted in Tamil Nadu after AIADMK chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) alleged that Chief Minister MK Stalin treated his father and former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi "like a prisoner" during his final days. Hitting back, Stalin strongly rejected the charge, asserting, "Leader Kalaignar is a lion, and I am the son of that lion." Addressing a rally in Krishnagiri, Palaniswami cited an alleged statement attributed to DMK MP A Raja to claim internal rifts within ...Read More >
Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 5 (ANI): Tamil Nadu CM and DMK Chief MK Stalin on Sunday highlighted key welfare measures promised in the party's 2026 election manifesto, asserting that it has been designed to benefit every section of society. The leader announced that insurance facilities would be provided to palm oil workers registered with the Tamil Nadu Palm Oil Workers Welfare Board. In addition, financial assistance would be extended to their families for education and medical ne ...Read More >
Pudukkottai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 5(ANI): Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday expressed confidence that Chief Minister M K Stalin will return to power after the elections, stating there is "no doubt" about it. Campaigning at Thilagar Thidal in Pudukkottai for DMK candidate Muthuraja, he alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to enter Tamil Nadu by using the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) as a "mask," and questioned whether the ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister and DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin on Wednesday sharpened his attack on AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), branding him a "No. 1 arrogant slave", alleging that his political experience amounted to serving successive leaders, from Jayalalithaa in the past to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah at present. Addressing an election rally in Vellore district, Udhayanidhi was responding to remarks made by EPS a day earlier, in which t ...Read More >
Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 5 (ANI): Tamil Nadu CM and DMK Chief MK Stalin on Sunday highlighted key welfare measures promised in the party's 2026 election manifesto, asserting that it has been designed to benefit every section of society. The leader announced that insurance facilities would be provided to palm oil workers registered with the Tamil Nadu Palm Oil Workers Welfare Board. In addition, financial assistance would be extended to their families for education and medical ne ...Read More >
Jhargram (West Bengal) [India], April 5 (ANI): Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday accused Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin of politicising the language debate, clarifying that the National Education Policy (NEP) does not impose Hindi, emphasising that students will continue to learn their mother tongue while also having the option to choose an additional Indian language. "MK Stalin is doing politics. The National Education Policy nowhere says that only Hindi will be taught ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Sunday addressed a major public meeting at Chathirareddiapatti near Virudhunagar, where he introduced candidates of the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) contesting across seven Assembly constituencies in the district, while launching a sharp attack on opposition leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami. Speaking at the rally, Stalin highlighted the strength and unity of the alliance, expressing confidence in a sweeping victory in the region. He specifically ref ...Read More >
Pudukkottai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 5 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday expressed confidence that Chief Minister M K Stalin will return to power after the elections, stating there is "no doubt" about it. Campaigning at Thilagar Thidal in Pudukkottai for DMK candidate Muthuraja, he alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to enter Tamil Nadu by using the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) as a "mask," and questioned whether the ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched a scathing attack on Opposition Leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday (April 5, 2026), accusing him of building a campaign on slander and substandard rhetoric. "If you say Palaniswami, it means lies and deception. He is hiding his own lies and telling lies repeatedly. The lies told by Palaniswami could be published as books; he is lying to that extent," he said at a campaign rally here. "He has also made false remarks about former Chief Minister ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: DMK leader A Raja has issued a legal notice to a YouTube channel over a controversial audio clip attributed to him. He claimed that the recording is fabricated using artificial intelligence and selectively edited to misrepresent his speech."The audio clip circulated as if I spoke. It has been cut, pasted, and created using artificial intelligence to falsely fabricate a narrative. I have sent a legal notice through my lawyer regarding this," Raja said.He also criticised AIADMK general ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that both Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar are unlikely to respond to the party's recent questions concerning BJP's Puducherry President and Raj Bhavan constituency candidate VP Ramalingam and Latchiya Jananayaga Katchi (LJK) chief Jose Charles Martin hosting a Sri Lankan diplomat in Puducherry. Replying to Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera's post on X, R ...Read More >
Chennai: Senior DMK leader A Raja has issued a legal notice to a YouTube channel over a controversial audio clip attributed to him, claiming the recording is a fraudulent creation involving artificial intelligence and selective editing. He also criticised AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for using the unverified clip to make defamatory remarks against late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin. In a strongly worded social media post on Saturday, Ra ...Read More >
Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu) Calling the DMK's election manifesto the "superstar of the 2026 polls", Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday asserted that while anyone can give promises, the public only trusts those made by his party. Addressing a massive public meeting of the Secular Progressive Alliance here, Stalin, who is also DMK president, launched a scathing attack on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, accusing him of basing his campaign entirely on "slander and low-lev ...Read More >
Virudhunagar (Tamil Nadu) Calling the DMK's election manifesto the "superstar of the 2026 polls", Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday asserted that while anyone can give promises, the public only trusts those made by his party. Addressing a massive public meeting of the Secular Progressive Alliance here, Stalin, who is also DMK president, launched a scathing attack on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, accusing him of basing his campaign entirely on "slander and low-lev ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 5 (PTI) Senior DMK leader A Raja has issued a legal notice to a YouTube channel over a controversial audio clip attributed to him, claiming the recording is a fraudulent creation involving artificial intelligence and selective editing. He also criticised AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for using the unverified clip to make defamatory remarks against late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin. In a strongly worded social media post on ...Read More >
CHENNAI: DMK allies joined chief minister M K Stalin in condemning AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for his personal attacks on the late CM M Karunanidhi. EPS accused Stalin of keeping Karunanidhi under house arrest in his final days and Stalin responded by saying his father was like a lion and none could keep him under house arrest.MDMK general secretary Vaiko warned EPS that if such attacks continue, he will intensify his personal attacks on EPS. "It is an abominable and unjust ...Read More >
VELLORE: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has lashed out at DMK chief MK Stalin, saying the chief minister was painting his party as "anti-Muslim "just because an alliance was formed with the BJP. Addressing an election rally at Ambur near here on Friday, the AIADMK chief gave a point-bypoint rebuttal to several accusations made by Stalin. In an appeal, he said: "Minority communities must think. We protected you like the eyelid protects the eye. How big a lie is it that if we al ...Read More >
CHENNAI: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday criticised the DMK government and Chief Minister MK Stalin during an election campaign at Saidapet, where he canvassed for AMMK candidate G Senthamizhan in the AIADMK-led alliance. Anbumani said several sections, including teachers, sanitation workers and village staff, of protesting as they felt "betrayed" by the government. He said leaders like Periyar E V Ramasamy, CN Annadurai and M Karunanidhi stood for social justice, but alleged the pr ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Union minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said Tamil Nadu's treasury was empty and warned that the state was heading towards bankruptcy due to what he described as "ineffective and corrupt" DMK govt.Releasing a white paper titled 'Tamil Nadu Government Financial Crisis' at BJP's state headquarters in Chennai, Goyal said Tamil Nadu's industries, fishermen and talented youth worked hard and generated resources for the state and demanded to know how the funds were utilised. "Despite this, th ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin and BJP govt at Centre locked horns on Saturday on the language issue. Stalin said, in the guise of promoting Indian languages, BJP is imposing Hindi, but Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan responded that Stalin's narrative of imposition is a "tired attempt to mask political failure". Stalin then dared BJP to proclaim, while seeking votes in Tamil Nadu, that every Indian child should compulsorily learn three languages.The issue started when Stalin said ...Read More >
VILLUPURAM: AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami asked Chief Minister M K Stalin to direct his anger on his party leader A Raja for purportedly making a remark saying his father M Karunanidhi was kept in "house arrest" in his final days, and said on Saturday that he would order a probe into the claims made in theviral audio after AIADMK forms the government. Stalin's elder brother MK Alagiri had gone on record saying that "my father is being held as a prisoner," Palaniswami said at an election r ...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 >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 4 (ANI): AIADMK candidate Saravanan stated on Saturday that Madurai North has traditionally been a constituency where his party enjoys strong winning prospects. He highlighted that AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami has announced 297 promises, with one of the key assurances being financial assistance of ₹10,000 for every family. He alleged that the DMK government has burdened the public with rising prices and increased taxes, and said the proposed ₹10,000 ...Read More >
Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu), Apr 4 (PTI) AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami asked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to direct his anger on his party leader A Raja for purportedly making a remark saying his father M Karunanidhi was kept in "house arrest" in his final days, and said on Saturday that he would order a state-led probe into the viral audio when AIADMK formed the government post the April 23 polls. Referring to his earlier comments on the subject, Palaniswami said he had quoted th ...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 >
Chennai: Nearly eight years after DMK leader and five time Chief Minister M Karunanidhi died, his last months that were confined largely inside his Gopalapuram home, has become a topic of discussion in this Assembly election season in Tamil Nadu. AIADMK's Promise On Saturday AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, said that an AIADMK government would order a full legal investigation into the alleged "house arrest" of former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi if voted to power. Addressing ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 4 (UNI) Firmly asserting that Tamil Nadu will neither allow nor accept language imposition under any circumstances, Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin on Saturday evening took potshorts at senior BJP leader and union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for making reckless remarks that there was "no Hindi imposition". In a lengthy statement on his social media handle, Mr Stalin said Mr Pradhan's remarks are deeply irresppnsbile and Tamil Nadu firmly rejected the 3-Languge ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 4 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday issued a scathing rebuttal to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, describing his recent statement on X as "deeply irresponsible" and accusing the Centre of "weaponising" education funds to coerce states into accepting "Hindi imposition." In a detailed post on X, Stalin firmly rejected the National Education Policy's (NEP) three-language formula and accused the Union Government of "illegally" wi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader K Annamalai on Saturday clarified that he was not denied a ticket for the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections, stating that he himself had chosen not to contest and would instead focus on campaigning for the party and its allies."I had already informed the core committee in writing that I would not be contesting in any constituency. Therefore, it is not that I was denied a ticket the truth is that I chose not to contest the election," Annamalai told reporters at C ...Read More >
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