Targeting the opposition DMK, he said the party had promised two acres of land, but failed to implement
She cannot contest this round of the assembly election or the next Lok Sabha election, on account of her conviction and subsequent imprisonment
Sasikala was discharged from a hospital on Sunday after recovering from Covid-19, days after she was set free by the prison officials on completion her jail term in a corruption case
Expelled AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in a hospital here, would be discharged on Sunday, a bulletin said. "Sasikala Natarajan completed 10 days of treatment today. She has been asymptomatic and maintaining saturation without oxygen for the past three days. As per protocol, she can be discharged from the hospital," Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute said in the bulletin. "The team of doctors attending to her has taken the decision that she is fit for discharge and she will be discharged tomorrow, but has been advised home quarantine," it said. Sasikala was released on Wednesday after she completed four years of imprisonment in a jail here in a case of disproportionate assets. Being treated for COVID-19, the 66-year-old close aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa had remained in the hospital. Sasikala's return to Tamil Nadu is of political significance as it comes at a time when the southern state is
Polls are due in Tamil Nadu in April-May
Sources said that Sasikala would not be leaving for Chennai today and would continue to undergo treatment at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru
Mr Narayanasamy could be in trouble as Puducherry, along with Tamil Nadu, goes to the polls in April-May
Case also registered under PMLA against unknown officials of State and Central Government, Public servants and others
The ruling AIADMK's General Council in Tamil Nadu on Saturday ratified the nomination of Joint Coordinator and Chief Minister K. Palaniswami as the party's Chief Ministerial candidate
The BJP has to endorse Chief Minister K Palaniswami's candidature for the CM's post for the polls and agree to its other terms, AIADMK indicated
This year wasn't exactly politically quiet, but the next promises to be far more intense with assembly elections, poll preparation and data protection on the cards
BJP-ruled states were largely unaffected; Opposition leaders to meet President on Wednesday.
AIADMK top leaders O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami made the announcement at a government event in Chennai, attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Modi and Shah's BJP doesn't need the NDA anymore. Advani's experiment is over, used and discarded
The party has been facing turbulent times, such as power struggles, divisions among top leaders and ministers, and the absence of a charismatic leader after Jayalalithaa
Edappadi K Palaniswami will likely be the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (AIADMK's) candidate for the top post in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections scheduled for 2021, sources said
The AIADMK will fight the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls in the existing set up - with Chief Minister K Palaniswami as the head of the government
The passage of bills has once again put a question mark on "federalism" besides pushing poor farmers to a state of suffering, a resolution adopted at the meeting of DMK and its allies said
He asked the government to ensure that the states get their full dues of the compensation in the current year itself
AIADMK top leader and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Sunday asserted that he expected office-bearers to be loyal to the party alone and not him. Against the backdrop of a recent debate over the Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2021 Assembly elections, Panneerselvam said "Our goal should be to return to power in 2021. Let bygones be bygones. Let the things to come be good." The deputy chief minister, in an interaction with party functionaries here, advised them to work with a sense of unity overcoming all divides, be it caste, religion or any other thing. The stellar work of AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran and late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for the growth of the party should always be remembered and the experience of past elections would come in handy for them, he said. Functionaries and workers should always be faithful to only the party and "at no point of time had I persuaded loyalty to me," he stressed. Recently, Cooperative Minister Sellur Raju