Verbal duel during DMK Lok Sabha poll work meet, minister leaves in huff
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Verbal duel during DMK Lok Sabha poll work meet, minister leaves in huff

New Indian Express  

CUDDALORE: A meeting which the DMK called for to discuss Lok Sabha election work ended in chaos with functionaries belonging to two intra-party groups getting into a heated discussion and Minister for Labour Welfare and Skill Development CV Ganesan walking out in a huff. According to sources, differences had been simmering between the two groups in Nellikuppam municipality and it surfaced in the form of accusations and counter-accusations at the meeting held at the party’s town office on Monday. Town secretary Manivannan alleged that Radhakrishnan, a member of the party’s executive council and husband of Nellikuppam municipality chairman Jayanthi, was acting in a manner which is creating confusion among party cadre. A group of functionaries also expressed dissatisfaction over the “lack of attention” to DMK councillors compared to their counterparts from opposition parties.

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2 days, 9 hours ago

Tamil Nadu CM applauds party MPs’ sterling performance

Deccan Chronicle  

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Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Attends Raj Bhavan Tea Party Event Despite DMK Boycott
4 months, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Attends Raj Bhavan Tea Party Event Despite DMK Boycott

Deccan Chronicle  

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BJP, AIADMK protest alleging DMK cadre indulged in booth capturing
8 months ago

BJP, AIADMK protest alleging DMK cadre indulged in booth capturing

The Hindu  

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It’s curtains for the intense campaign in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
8 months ago

It’s curtains for the intense campaign in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry

The Hindu  

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Lok Sabha polls | DMK government failed to control price rise: Edappadi Palaniswami
8 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls | DMK government failed to control price rise: Edappadi Palaniswami

The Hindu  

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Lok Sabha polls | Edappadi Palaniswami slams A. Raja, DMK top brass for corruption and drug trade in T.N.
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | Edappadi Palaniswami slams A. Raja, DMK top brass for corruption and drug trade in T.N.

The Hindu  

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | Despite being in power for 10 years, BJP did nothing to retrieve Katchatheevu: T.N. Law Minister

The Hindu  

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Lok Sabha polls | A fight between progressive policies of DMK and regressive policies of BJP in Coimbatore: T.R.B. Rajaa
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | A fight between progressive policies of DMK and regressive policies of BJP in Coimbatore: T.R.B. Rajaa

The Hindu  

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Lok Sabha polls | DMK fighting to safeguard democracy: Nilgiris MP A. Raja
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | DMK fighting to safeguard democracy: Nilgiris MP A. Raja

The Hindu  

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BJP, DMK candidates trade hugs on Holi amid bitter rivalry in Tamil Nadu
8 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP, DMK candidates trade hugs on Holi amid bitter rivalry in Tamil Nadu

India Today  

With the race for Lok Sabha elections 2024 heating up by the day, DMK and BJP candidates pitted against each other from South Chennai were seen exchanging courtesies and wishing each other good luck for the polls. Tamilisai Soundararajan made the cut for the BJP's third list of candidates released last Thursday for the Lok Sabha polls scheduled to begin …

DMK moves EC against PM Modi, FM Sitharaman over model code violations ahead of LS polls
9 months ago

DMK moves EC against PM Modi, FM Sitharaman over model code violations ahead of LS polls

Hindustan Times  

The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Tuesday filed two complaints with the Election Commission in Tamil Nadu against the Bharatiya Janata Party. “This is to state that Bharatiya Janata Party members have involved children below 12 to 15 years old in their campaigning activities,” the complaint said. In continuation of the above, children were made to wear saffron robes and …

DMK-led alliance is an iron fortress, but the Opposition is a confused lot, says CPI(M)
9 months ago

DMK-led alliance is an iron fortress, but the Opposition is a confused lot, says CPI(M)

The Hindu  

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Tamil Nadu CM Stalin’s voice to be heard in every household from Monday
10 months ago

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin’s voice to be heard in every household from Monday

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Taking the party’s propaganda for the Lok Sabha polls to the next level, the DMK would launch its ‘Stalin’s voice in every household’ campaign on Monday, February 26, when the salient features of the State Budget presented in the Assembly on February 19 would be explained in detail through door-to-door canvassing. The resolutions passed at the DMK’s online meeting …

DMK launches its campaign for Lok Sabha elections with attack on BJP
10 months, 1 week ago

DMK launches its campaign for Lok Sabha elections with attack on BJP

Hindustan Times  

The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu on Friday attacked the Centre over a range of issues and said the Bharatiya Janata Party will not win a single seat in the southern state in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. DMK leaders, during a launch of a series of public meetings titled ‘Urimaigalai Meetka Stalinin Kural’ across the 37 Lok …

DMK forms three teams for election work, seat-sharing talks and preparation of manifesto ahead of Lok Sabha polls
11 months ago

DMK forms three teams for election work, seat-sharing talks and preparation of manifesto ahead of Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

The DMK on Friday, January 19, 2024, announced the formation of three teams for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections this year. These teams would be in charge of overseeing election work, holding seat-sharing talks and preparing the party’s election manifesto. DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin announced the formation of a team to coordinate and oversee …

AIADMK district secretaries meet to discuss preparations for Lok Sabha poll
11 months, 2 weeks ago

AIADMK district secretaries meet to discuss preparations for Lok Sabha poll

The Hindu  

The AIADMK’s district secretaries met at the party headquarters in Chennai for about an hour on Tuesday to discuss preparations for the Lok Sabha election. The timing of the meeting aroused curiosity as BJP leader and Union Minister for Commerce Piyush Goyal, during his visit to the city on Monday, reiterated the BJP’s non-committal stance vis à vis the AIADMK, …

Chennai: Opposition hopes to make hay in the heat against govt
1 year ago

Chennai: Opposition hopes to make hay in the heat against govt

Deccan Chronicle  

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Row After DMK MP's Anti-Hindu Slur in Lok Sabha
1 year ago

Row After DMK MP's Anti-Hindu Slur in Lok Sabha

Deccan Chronicle  

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DMK MP's comment on BJP's victory in polls sparks row
1 year ago

DMK MP's comment on BJP's victory in polls sparks row

Hindustan Times  

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AIADMK stages walkout from Salem Corporation Council meeting after spat with DMK
1 year, 2 months ago

AIADMK stages walkout from Salem Corporation Council meeting after spat with DMK

The Hindu  

The councillors of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam staged a walkout from the Salem Corporation council meeting after a quarrel with the DMK councillors on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. Salem Corporation Mayor A. Ramachandran presided over the meeting, and 72 resolutions were passed. Speaking at the meeting, the 60th ward councillor Varadharajan said that bill collectors do not respect …

DMK anticipates tough fight from BJP in polls
1 year, 4 months ago

DMK anticipates tough fight from BJP in polls

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Gearing itself up for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the DMK anticipates a tough resistance for the BJP and not from its traditional rival, the AIADMK, as it was evident from the speech of party president M K Stalin at the district secretaries meeting on Saturday. Addressing the district secretaries and all top leaders of the DMK through video …

AIADMK might boycott session if OPS is treated as deputy leader
2 years, 2 months ago

AIADMK might boycott session if OPS is treated as deputy leader

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The AIADMK group led by leader of the opposition, Edappadi K Palaniswami, might boycott the Assembly session, starting on Monday if the Speaker M Appavu refuses to consider their request and change the seating arrangement for R B Udhayakumar by recognizing his appointment as the deputy leader of the opposition. While Appavu had said that since both the factions …

DMK cadre stage protest against the Hindi imposition, in Tamil Nadu
2 years, 2 months ago

DMK cadre stage protest against the Hindi imposition, in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

“In the 2024 Parliamentary Election, the Bharatiya Janata Party would be wiped out of Coimbatore district,” said N. Karthik, Coimbatore Urban District Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Coimbatore on October 15. Speaking at a protest organised by the Youth Wing and Students Wing of DMK in front of Coimbatore South Tahsildar Office, against the recommendation of a Parliamentary Panel …

DMK members, supported by Congress, stage a walkout from Rajya Sabha over NEET issue
2 years, 10 months ago

DMK members, supported by Congress, stage a walkout from Rajya Sabha over NEET issue

Firstpost  

DMK members wanted to raise the issue during the Zero Hour, but Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu did not agree, and asked them to raise the matter during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha witnessed noisy scenes and a walkout by DMK and Congress members on Friday over the Tamil Nadu …

Tamil Nadu: AIADMK minister booked for hurling abuses at DMK cadres outside polling booth
3 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu: AIADMK minister booked for hurling abuses at DMK cadres outside polling booth

India Today  

The Chennai police has booked Tamil Nadu Rural Industries Minister and AIADMK’s candidate for Maduravoyal P Benjamin after a video of him abusing DMK cadres went viral. Benjamin was caught on camera abusing DMK cadres outside a polling booth in Mogappair on April 6. According to a complaint given by DMK youth wing functionary MP Navaraj, Benjamin and 25 others …

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | Cancel candidature of Stalin, four DMK leaders: AIADMK
3 years, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | Cancel candidature of Stalin, four DMK leaders: AIADMK

The Hindu  

The AIADMK on April 5 urged the Election Commission of India to cancel the candidature of DMK leader M.K. Stalin in Kolathur, his son and DMK youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin in Chepauk-Triplicane, DMK general secretary Durai Murugan in Katpadi and two other leaders, alleging that money was being distributed by the DMK to voters in these constituencies. Babu Murugavel, …

TN Assembly Polls: From A Raja's 'slipper' jibe at EPS to populist manifestos, AIADMK and DMK pull out all stops
3 years, 8 months ago

TN Assembly Polls: From A Raja's 'slipper' jibe at EPS to populist manifestos, AIADMK and DMK pull out all stops

Firstpost  

The two parties – AIADMK seeking a record third term and the DMK planning a strong comeback after a decade in opposition, have converged not only on such freebies but also on other contentious issues like the repeal of the Citizenship Amendment Act For the first time in Tamil Nadu, a state whose politics has revolved around personalities, the upcoming …

'Will Sweep Polls This Time': DMK Reaches Pact With Congress, Allots 25 Seats to Ally for TN Elections
3 years, 9 months ago

'Will Sweep Polls This Time': DMK Reaches Pact With Congress, Allots 25 Seats to Ally for TN Elections

News 18  

Chennai: The DMK and Congress signed a seat sharing agreement where it was decided that the latter would contest from 25 seats in Tamil Nadu. The BJP has nominated former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan to contest from this constituency while Congress MK Karti Chidambaram has filed an application seeking a ticket for party leader Priyanka Gandhi for the Kanyakumari Lok …

DMK cadre manhandle AIADMK woman functionary at Stalin’s gram sabha
3 years, 11 months ago

DMK cadre manhandle AIADMK woman functionary at Stalin’s gram sabha

Hindustan Times  

DMK cadre manhandled a woman who raised a question to their leader MK Stalin during a gram sabha meeting he was conducting in Devarayapuram village panchayat in Coimbatore district on Saturday. Leave the venue,” Stalin tells the woman who was identified as Poongodi and local news reports said that she belonged to the AIADMK’s women’s wing. “If she had the …

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