JUST SPAMMING | Nitpicking alone can’t help win elections
6 days, 23 hours ago

JUST SPAMMING | Nitpicking alone can’t help win elections

Deccan Chronicle  

The drumbeats for the next Assembly elections in the State have turned more audible though the polls are actually a year away after varied political parties started girding up their loins to clinch it in their favour to suit their needs. When the State government came out with a promotional video to announce its State Budget, the BJP leaders found the details in the logo unacceptable. Actually many who saw the promotional video earlier did not notice what the BJP leaders like State President K Annamalai and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman found to be a crime against the country and also the Tamil people. They wanted to tell the people that though the designer who created that logo was from Tamil Nadu, the State government led by M K Stalin was refusing to recognize the work. The AIADMK general secretary, Edppadi K Palaniswami, who normally points fingers at the government for road accidents and other crimes, wanted the government to resign when the Enforcement Directorate raided offices of the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation and claimed to have detected Rs 1000 crore corruption.

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JUST SPAMMING | Political sabre rattling in cyberspace
3 weeks, 6 days ago

JUST SPAMMING | Political sabre rattling in cyberspace

Deccan Chronicle  

Politics turned into a farce last week in Tamil Nadu when the DMK and BJP flexed their muscle in, of all places, the social media. True, the modern generation of youth, mostly obsessed with drawing ‘likes’ in Instagram and Facebook, has already started chasing the mirage, mistaking the acceptance of their posts and photographs on social media as signs of …

Erode bypoll: DMK secures big lead over NTK in election AIADMK, BJP boycotted – Firstpost
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Erode bypoll: DMK secures big lead over NTK in election AIADMK, BJP boycotted – Firstpost

Firstpost  

According to local media sources, the ruling party of DMK may have benefitted from BJP’s and AIADMK’s boycott. The main contest here is between the DMK’s VC Chandirakumar and the Tamil nationalist party Naam Tamizhar Katchi’s M K Seethalakshmi. Voting here was held on February 5 with a turnout of about 68 per cent even as some major political parties …

Opposition parties to hit the campaign trail early
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Opposition parties to hit the campaign trail early

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Opposition parties in the State have all started devising their strategy for the next Assembly elections in mid-2026 and most of them are planning to launch their campaigns more than a year ahead of polls, starting with the prime opposition party, the AIADMK, whose general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has already drawn up his detail tour plan starting by …

Campaign in Erode East Yet to Pick up Momentum
2 months ago

Campaign in Erode East Yet to Pick up Momentum

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Campaign for the February 5 Erode East by-election is yet to pick up momentum as the candidates representing registered active political parties, the DMK and the Naam Tamilar Katchi, are gearing up to file the nominations only on Friday before launching an acrimonious attack against each other. Though the Assembly by-election is inconsequential – whoever wins, the overall political …

AIADMK raising issues as a responsible opposition, says Edappadi K. Palaniswami
6 months, 1 week ago

AIADMK raising issues as a responsible opposition, says Edappadi K. Palaniswami

The Hindu  

Former Chief Minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam General Secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, emphasised that his party has been raising public issues as a responsible opposition, and it is the ruling party’s duty to address them. Speaking to reporters, he highlighted the complaints from students residing in Adi Dravidar Welfare hostels, stating that the AIADMK had issued a …

DC Edit | Every coin has two sides
7 months ago

DC Edit | Every coin has two sides

Deccan Chronicle  

The historic occasion of BJP honchos attending the event celebrating Mr Karunanidhi, who was politically opposed to their ideology, was not only a success for the DMK that strove hard to perpetuate the memory of its leader by making the Union government mint the high value currency coin with his image embossed on it but also brought pride to the …

Lok Sabha polls | Fighting against the DMK and AIADMK fronts undoubtedly challenging for the NDA, says Vasan
11 months ago

Lok Sabha polls | Fighting against the DMK and AIADMK fronts undoubtedly challenging for the NDA, says Vasan

The Hindu  

Tamil Maanila Congress president G.K. Vasan on Tuesday said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in the State has taken a new avatar to fight both the Dravidian majors – the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam – and will “win a considerable number of seats” in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. So when we have …

AIADMK, BJP Hurl Charges Against DMK
11 months, 1 week ago

AIADMK, BJP Hurl Charges Against DMK

Deccan Chronicle  

The lawyers wing state secretary of the AIADMK, I S Inbadurai, told media persons at the Secretariat after submitting a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer on Friday that detaining voters in the ‘pattis’ would facilitate the bribing of voters as they would be gathered in particular places. Though the setting up of the ‘pattis’ was against election rules, the …

DMK moves EC against PM Modi, FM Sitharaman over model code violations ahead of LS polls
1 year 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, AIADMK interview aspiring Lok Sabha poll candidates
1 year ago

DMK, AIADMK interview aspiring Lok Sabha poll candidates

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The ruling DMK and the principal opposition party, the AIADMK, on Sunday interviewed aspirants for the Lok Sabha election. DMK president and CM MK Stalin and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami along with senior functionaries of their parties interviewed the aspirants at their respective party headquarters. Since DMK deputy general secretary and sitting MP from Thoothukudi Lok Sabha …

AIADMK will make announcement on poll alliances at the appropriate time, will not go with BJP: D Jayakumar
1 year, 1 month ago

AIADMK will make announcement on poll alliances at the appropriate time, will not go with BJP: D Jayakumar

The Hindu  

Senior AIADMK leader D. Jayakumar on Monday, January 29, 2024, said there was still a lot of time for the Lok Sabha elections, and the party would make announcements on its alliances and the number of seats it would contest in, at the appropriate time. Speaking to reporters, Mr. Jayakumar claimed many parties were in talks with the AIADMK for …

BJP, TN’s Enduring Political Bugbear
1 year, 1 month ago

BJP, TN’s Enduring Political Bugbear

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: ‘A Secret Pact with the BJP.’ This is the precise charge that both the leading political parties in the State, the DMK and AIADMK, trade against each other in a bid to win over the peoples’ goodwill in the context of the approaching Lok Sabha, thus making the BJP the common political bogeyman in the State and portraying it …

DMK harnessing its youth power
1 year, 4 months ago

DMK harnessing its youth power

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Setting its eyes on the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the DMK, in a new stratagem, is harnessing its youth power by educating, rejuvenating, and reorienting its youth and students wings through rallies, conferences, and workshops with a view to turning the members of those two brigades into frontline fighters in the electoral battle. As a part of the multifaceted …

Dramatic shift: The Hindu Editorial on the AIADMK snapping ties with the BJP
1 year, 5 months ago

Dramatic shift: The Hindu Editorial on the AIADMK snapping ties with the BJP

The Hindu  

The decision of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to snap ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and quit the National Democratic Alliance was sudden, given their bonhomie at the highest level. The AIADMK General Secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, as Chief Minister, defended the three farm Bills of the Centre in 2020; he has also reiterated his support for …

DMK anticipates tough fight from BJP in polls
1 year, 7 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 …

Tamil Nadu BJP submits 'DMK Files-II' memorandum to Governor, seeks action on 'benami' links
1 year, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu BJP submits 'DMK Files-II' memorandum to Governor, seeks action on 'benami' links

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu BJP on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to Governor R N Ravi seeking action over what it claimed "benami" links to ruling DMK Ministers, legislators and MPs and "three scams" to the tune of about Rs 5,600 crore. Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai, on his Twitter handle, said his party sought the Governor's intervention and suitable action …

AIADMK chief EPS chief refuses to take questions on Annamalai
1 year, 11 months ago

AIADMK chief EPS chief refuses to take questions on Annamalai

India Today  

AIADMK Interim General Secretary Edapadi K Palanisamy on Saturday refused to answer a question about his allied party's state chief Annamalai, urging journalists to only ask about politically mature leaders. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader also said that he will soon release more videos of other state political parties’ scams. Annamalai on Friday, released ‘DMK Files’ alleging …

DMK\'s IT wing to spread its wings nationally, to go pan-India
2 years, 5 months ago

DMK\'s IT wing to spread its wings nationally, to go pan-India

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: The DMK’s information and IT wing will be expanded to all the States in the country with a view to taking the achievements of the DMK government to the entire nation, the wing’s secretary T R B Raja, announced through the party organ Murasoli. Those with an inclination to the party’s ideology and a flair in social media management …

BJP kicks up a notch its online attacks on KCR
2 years, 9 months ago

BJP kicks up a notch its online attacks on KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: With less than a fortnight to go before the BJP holds its biggest political conclave in the city on July 2 and 3, it is becoming more and more evident that the BJP’s big message for Telangana will be that it will go after Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, and the TRS rule over the past eight years as …

Narrative wise, BJP is opposition in Tamil Nadu: K Annamalai
2 years, 9 months ago

Narrative wise, BJP is opposition in Tamil Nadu: K Annamalai

India Today  

Tamil Nadu BJP president, K Annamalai on Sunday said, “BJP is becoming the opposition party narrative-wise because we are at loggerhead with the DMK.” He further said the party is growing fast in the state. Annamalai was speaking on the issue of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s organisational secretary, Ponnaiyan alleging that BJP is trying to sideline the AIADMK. …

With AIADMK Being an Inactive Opposition, How BJP is Gaining a Foothold in Tamil Nadu Politics
2 years, 9 months ago

With AIADMK Being an Inactive Opposition, How BJP is Gaining a Foothold in Tamil Nadu Politics

News 18  

A lone voice of concern against the growing influence of BJP in Tamil Nadu at the expense of its larger ally, AIADMK, has emanated from the Dravidian party, giving vent to a silent rumbling within the party ever since the political narrative shifted to a DMK versus BJP tussle in recent months. V Ponnaiyan, former AIADMK minister and long-timer at …

BJP’s strong showing in Uttar Pradesh makes southern regional parties a trifle nervous
3 years ago

BJP’s strong showing in Uttar Pradesh makes southern regional parties a trifle nervous

Firstpost  

The BJP’s victory in Uttar Pradesh boosts its cadre to take on regional chieftains, but it still is a long road ahead in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It’s, however, a different tale in Karnataka The Uttar Pradesh Assembly election results have set the alarm bells ringing in South India, where regional chieftains have so far held the …

Tamil Nadu all set for polls today as major parties hurl charges at each other
3 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu all set for polls today as major parties hurl charges at each other

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The State Election Commission was gearing up for the polls to Saturday's Urban Local Bodies by dispatching personnel and material to set up the booths and activating its flying squads, observers and monitoring committees to prevent last minute irregularities on Friday when complaints, too, poured in about alleged plans for booth capturing. AIADMK leader D Jayakumar, who was at …

Rural local body polls: AIADMK accuses DMK of having achieved victory through the backdoor
3 years, 5 months ago

Rural local body polls: AIADMK accuses DMK of having achieved victory through the backdoor

The Hindu  

AIADMK coordinator, O. Panneerselvam and co-coordinator, Edappadi K Palaniswami, on Wednesday accused the ruling DMK of having carried out “unprecedented violence and atrocities” during the rural local body elections and said the party had “reduced the State Election Commission into its puppet” to register success in the polls. When their party was in power, polls to the Assembly, Lok Sabha …

Hoping for a sweep, DMK settles for victory
3 years, 10 months ago

Hoping for a sweep, DMK settles for victory

The Hindu  

Despite winning the Assembly election, the number of seats secured has come as a disappointment to the DMK leadership, as party president M.K. Backing the claim Though an exaggerated claim, he had reasons to believe his predictions for a landslide win — only two years ago, when the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, swept the Lok Sabha poll …

TN Assembly Polls: From A Raja's 'slipper' jibe at EPS to populist manifestos, AIADMK and DMK pull out all stops
3 years, 11 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 …

Tamil Nadu Election 2021: Experts flag financial burden as AIADMK, DMK shower freebies in poll manifestos
4 years ago

Tamil Nadu Election 2021: Experts flag financial burden as AIADMK, DMK shower freebies in poll manifestos

Firstpost  

Experts questioned if the two parties have done any financial burden calculation before announcing the freebies, especially since the state’s debt is expected to rise to Rs 5.70 lakh crore by March 2022 Loaded with doles and freebies to woo the electorate ahead of the 6 April Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, archrivals DMK and AIADMK’s populist agenda driven election …

AIADMK, DMK's shower of freebies; experts flag financial implications, doable say parties
4 years ago

AIADMK, DMK's shower of freebies; experts flag financial implications, doable say parties

India TV News  

AIADMK, DMK's shower of freebies; experts flag financial implications, doable say parties Maintaining that many of AIADMK's poll assurances are part of the ongoing welfare schemes, former minister and party spokesman S Vaigaiselvan claimed that funding will never be a constraint for the party-led government. Loaded with doles and freebies to woo the electorate ahead of the April 6 Assembly …

DMK demo against Amit Shah view on September 20
5 years, 6 months ago

DMK demo against Amit Shah view on September 20

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: Upping its ante against the recent remarks of Union Home Minister, Amit Shah that Hindi should be the ‘common language’ of the country and its sole identity abroad, the DMK on Monday called for a state-wide protest in Tamil Nadu on September 20, demanding that the BJP-led Central government give up its "Hindi imposition" drive and the Home minister …

BJP mocks MK Stalin's 'Rahul Gandhi for PM' pitch, says post won't be vacant for another 10 years
6 years, 3 months ago

BJP mocks MK Stalin's 'Rahul Gandhi for PM' pitch, says post won't be vacant for another 10 years

Firstpost  

On the Rafale deal, Ram Madhav challenged the opposition to a debate in Parliament in the presence of all its members instead of seeking an “escape route” of a Joint Parliamentary Committee, which would comprise only 25-30 members Chennai: The BJP on Tuesday mocked DMK over its pitch for Rahul Gandhi as the Opposition’s prime ministerial candidate, with party general …

MDMK to join DMK alliance to defeat BJP'
6 years, 6 months ago

MDMK to join DMK alliance to defeat BJP'

Deccan Chronicle  

ERODE | TIRUPUR: The MDMK led by Vaiko, on Saturday, in rearticulating its political responsibility, declared that it would be part of a DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu to defeat the BJP-led NDA at the Centre and the AIADMK in the State in the coming elections. The state-level MDMK conference at Moolakarai, which began here on Saturday, to celebrate the …

Signs visible for joining hands with BJP, says AIADMK
6 years, 10 months ago

Signs visible for joining hands with BJP, says AIADMK

India TV News  

In politically significant remarks, the ruling AIADMK on Sunday said that signs of its working together with BJP like a "double-barrelled gun" in the political arena were visible and "no one can sever ties" between the two parties. No one can weaken the bond between "the Central and the State governments" either, the AIADMK said in its Tamil mouthpiece "Namadhu …

Marginal players not counted by AIADMK, DMK
8 years, 11 months ago

Marginal players not counted by AIADMK, DMK

Deccan Chronicle  

CHENNAI: The Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu is set to witness a six-cornered fight for the first time in decades, but the Dravidian majors, AIADMK and DMK, appear adopting a deliberate strategy to keep the high-stakes poll battle only between them by ‘ignoring’ other major and marginal players in their election campaign. Ramachandran adorned the throne for three consecutive terms, …

BJP's AIADMK dilemma
8 years, 11 months ago

BJP's AIADMK dilemma

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: The different stand of BJP leaders vis-a-vis the AIADMK government has raised eyebrows. While one section of BJP seniors has been harsh in its attacks on AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa and her government, another section equally influential has been heaping praise on her as an ‘able administrator.’ The latest anti-Jayalalithaa salvo came from none other than the powerful BJP …

AIADMK most corrupt in India: Ahead of Tamil Nadu polls, Amit Shah mounts scathing attack on Jayalalithaa
8 years, 11 months ago

AIADMK most corrupt in India: Ahead of Tamil Nadu polls, Amit Shah mounts scathing attack on Jayalalithaa

Firstpost  

Goyal had recently said that Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was “inaccessible” and criticised the state government for not joining the Centre’s UDAY scheme. Tiruchirappalli : Mounting a scathing attack, BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the Jayalalithaa government of being the “most corrupt” in the country and asked the people to oust it in the 16 May Assembly elections. Projecting …

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Political rhetoric hits an all-time low as election fever sets in
8 years, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Political rhetoric hits an all-time low as election fever sets in

Firstpost  

The Third Front led by Vijaykanth is pulling all stops to attack the Dravidian parties ahead of Tamil Nadu polls When Premalatha Vijaykanth took the stage at a rally in Tirupur last week, the audience was expectant. Premalatha, a fiery politician in the making, wife of ‘Captain’ Vijaykanth of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, the third largest party in the …

PM rally to mark BJP's pre-poll campaign in TN
9 years, 1 month ago

PM rally to mark BJP's pre-poll campaign in TN

Firstpost  

With the assembly elections a few months away in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will tomorrow address a public meeting here, being billed by the party as the launch of its poll campaign and “a turning point rally” in the history of the state politics. Coimbatore: With the assembly elections a few months away in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister …

#MyCMKejriwal vs #ModiPMBediCM: AAP, BJP take Delhi poll fight to social media
10 years, 1 month ago

#MyCMKejriwal vs #ModiPMBediCM: AAP, BJP take Delhi poll fight to social media

Firstpost  

The battle to conquer the throne of Delhi is not just being played out through public rallies, a fierce duel for the crown is being fought parallel on the virtual social media platforms. New Delhi:The battle to conquer the throne of Delhi is not just being played out through public rallies, a fierce duel for the crown is being fought …

AIADMK, BJP locked in war of words
10 years, 4 months ago

AIADMK, BJP locked in war of words

The Hindu  

In an all-out battle of words, reflective of the political tug-of-war playing out in the State, the AIADMK and the BJP on Friday took on each other on who should claim credit for the release of five Tamil Nadu fishermen recently sentenced to death in Sri Lanka. Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, also the AIADMK treasurer, alluding to the BJP leaders …

Letters to the Editor
10 years, 10 months ago

Letters to the Editor

The Hindu  

General election THE Cover Story dealt elaborately with various aspects of the general election. A. Sampath Srirangam, Tamil Nadu Controversies over some of the BJP’s Lok Sabha seats brought the party’s internal strife to the fore when the election campaign was in full swing. RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat’s frequent interventions in the BJP’s election strategy surely hampered the party’s relentless …

From reforms to share in political pie
10 years, 11 months ago

From reforms to share in political pie

The Hindu  

In the realm of both culture and politics, icons and values are often reinvented by invoking the ‘back-to-the-roots mantra’. The Bharatiya Janata Party ’s just-in-time manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, bringing back contentious issues like building the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and having a uniform civil code, however couched in cautious language, have instantly provided a springboard for …

DMK bid to unite opposition meets with lukewarm response
11 years, 5 months ago

DMK bid to unite opposition meets with lukewarm response

The Hindu  

While the DMK is keen on uniting the opposition against the ruling AIADMK in the December 4 by-election to the Yercaud Assembly constituency, its efforts have evoked only lukewarm response, even from its erstwhile ally, the Congress. “The Lok Sabha polls are our priority and we don’t want to fritter away our energy on other issues,” said BJP’s state president …

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