Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021

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Tamil Nadu

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In 2nd list, AIADMK banks on incumbents

Updated on Mar 11, 2021 02:48 AM IST

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) and TTV Dhinakaran’s Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) also released their first lists on Wednesday.

The AIADMK earlier announced six candidates, including chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam, taking the total number of seats it will contest to 177.(File photo for representation)

ByDivya Chandrababu, Chennai

Tamil Nadu: TTV Dhinakaran's AMMK releases first list of candidates

Former MLAs P Palaniappan, M Rengasamy, G Senthamizhan, C Shanmugavelu, and NG Parthiban are among prominent candidates on the list.

AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran(PTI File Photo)

Published on Mar 10, 2021 12:53 PM IST

ANI |

Will target anyone 'who is people's enemy,' says MNM's Kamal Haasan

Haasan has been critical of archrivals AIADMK and DMK over corruption and other issues and is heading a three-party coalition to face the April 6 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.

Actor turned politician Kamal Haasan, founder of Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM).(AFP)

Published on Mar 10, 2021 08:31 AM IST

PTI | , Chennai

DMDK walks out of AIADMK-led alliance

The DMDK initially demanded 41 seats — the same number it had contested in alliance with the AIADMK in the 2011 assembly elections, the last time it was in alliance with the AIADMK.

DMDK on Tuesday quit the AIADMK-led alliance after seat-sharing talks failed.(PTI File)

Published on Mar 10, 2021 03:58 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Hindustan Times, Chennai

Tamil Nadu assembly election: For the DMK, the importance of Trichy

Trichy has nine assembly constituencies. But beyond that, the district has played a key role in the rise of the DMK historically and current rifts reflect both the opportunities and challenges for the party

DMK president MK Stalin along with party leader Durai Murugan during Sunday’s rally in Trichy. (ANI)

Published on Mar 09, 2021 04:22 PM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu

DMDK quits AIADMK-BJP alliance after differences over allocation of seats

The DMDK released a statement announcing that the party is leaving the AIADMK-BJP alliance over the inconclusive seat-sharing discussion even after three rounds of negotiations.

Updated on Mar 09, 2021 01:47 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Owaisi's AIMIM joins hands with TTV, gets 3 seats in AMMK alliance

The AIMIM had said that they were invited to the DMK’s minority conference in January but the DMK distanced itself.

File photo: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party Asaduddin Owaisi speaking during a public meeting.(AFP)

Updated on Mar 09, 2021 12:20 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Chennai

Dhinakaran’s AMMK allots 3 seats to Owaisi’s AIMIM for Tamil Nadu polls

As announced by Dhinakaran on Twitter, the AIMIM will contest from the southern state’s assembly constituencies of Vaniyambadi, Krishnagiri and Sankarapuram.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi (PTI File Photo)(PTI File)

Published on Mar 08, 2021 07:59 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Karan Manral, New Delhi

Ahead of state assembly polls, Amit Shah visits Suchindram Temple in Tamil Nadu

This is Shah's second visit to the state in a week. Last Sunday, he visited Chennai and met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam.

Union home minister Amit Shah will launch Vijay Sankalp Mahasampark Abhiyan -- a door-to-door campaign at Suchindram Town in Kanyakumari. (PTI)

Published on Mar 07, 2021 05:36 PM IST

ANI | , Kanyakumari

'Will not seek share in power from DMK,' says TN Congress

K S Alagiri said party leader Rahul Gandhi had opined during his recent campaign that the Tamil Nadu election was more than an initiative for a mere regime change and was all about an ideological war.

DMK President MK Stalin, Congress leader Mukul Wasnik, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President KS Alagiri and others announce the seat sharing agreement for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, in Chennai on February 20.(PTI Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2021 06:48 PM IST

PTI | , Chennai

Amit Shah holds door-to-door campaign in Kanyakumari after temple visit

The Union home minister said that he is confident that NDA alliance will emerge victorious in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. This is Shah's second visit to Tamil Nadu in a week.

Home minister Amit Shah during his door-to-door campaign in Kanyakumari on Sunday.(ANI Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2021 12:15 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi

DMK allots 25 seats to ally Congress for Tamil Nadu election

The tie-up comes just before the grand rally that the DMK has planned on Sunday. Congress leader in-charge of Tamil Nadu, Dinesh Gundu Rao, expressed confidence that the DMK-led alliance will sweep the election.

Updated on Mar 07, 2021 10:37 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi

DMK likely to allot 25 seats to ally Congress for Tamil Nadu election

The Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after the death of Congress MP H Vasanthakumar who passed away due to Covid-19 last year.

There have been multiple rounds of talks between the two sides on a seat-sharing pact, while Congress chief Rahul Gandhi made several trips to the state to campaign for the election.

Updated on Mar 07, 2021 05:36 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

TN polls: Second round seat-sharing talks between CPI(M), DMK inconclusive

CPI (M) state general secretary K Balakrishnan, other party members G Ramakrishnan and Mahendran met DMK leaders at the DMK headquarters in Arivalayam on Saturday.

Published on Mar 06, 2021 03:22 PM IST

ANI |

‘Treated badly’ by DMK: Congress' KS Alagiri after seat-sharing talks

Sources inside Congress told ANI, Tamil Nadu Congress president KS Alagiri broke down in front of party members after feeling humiliated by DMK during the seat-sharing discussion.

Tamil Nadu Congress president KS Alagiri(PTI)

Published on Mar 06, 2021 03:03 PM IST

ANI |

AIADMK releases 1st list of candidates for Tamil Nadu assembly polls

The elections across 38 districts of the southern state will be conducted in a single phase on April 2 and the results will be announced on May 2.

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami during the 74th Independence Day celebrations, in Chennai, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar

Updated on Mar 05, 2021 02:59 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar

I-T Dept detects unaccounted income of ₹175 crore during Tamil Nadu raids

Income tax officials have also seized ₹3 crore cash during raids on two groups of civil contractors in Tamil Nadu

A Chandigarh lawyer suspected to be receiving substantial amounts in cash from his clients to settle their disputes has been raided by the Income Tax Department.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Mar 05, 2021 11:31 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Hindustan Times, Chennai

Experts decode Tamil Nadu assembly election link to VK Sasikala's surprise move

In 2017, when VK Sasikala had briefly held the reigns of the party and O Panneerselvam revolted against her, he had the backing of the RSS-BJP combine

V.K. Sasikala (L), who in 2017 was expelled from her leadership position in the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party and recently released from prison after serving a four-year sentence for corruption, pays homage at the statue of AIADMK party founder M.G. Ramachandran in Chennai on February 9, 2021.(AFP)

Updated on Mar 05, 2021 01:55 PM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Hindustan Times, Chennai

Tamil Nadu assembly polls: DMK allots 6 seats to VCK

As expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala’s statement that she will “step away from politics” is expected to strengthen the party, Opposition parties in the DMK-led alliance want to put up a solidified fight

DMK president MK Stalin and VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan sealed a seat-sharing agreement for the assembly election at Anna Arivalayam in Chennai on Thursday. (ANI)

Published on Mar 05, 2021 11:06 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu

Tamil Nadu polls: DMK seals poll pact with VCK, talks with Congress still on

The VCK sought 10 seats initially, but the party accepted the deal to drive out 'Sanathana forces' from Tamil Nadu, said Thol Thirumavalavan.

DMK is looking to come back to power after being the opposition for 10 years.. (HT archive)

Updated on Mar 04, 2021 04:33 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Ayshee Bhaduri, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Tamil Nadu CM K Palaniswami calls for party workers to work towards AIADMK govt

"We should make sure the AIADMK comes back to power. Even after 10 years, people of Tamil Nadu are with the AIADMK,” the chief minister said.

“Everyone should unite and work together for upcoming polls,

Published on Mar 04, 2021 04:06 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Srivatsan K C, New Delhi

BJP uses MGR, Kamaraj in Tamil Nadu poll campaign, irks rivals

The BJP use of ideological opponent Kamaraj is seen as an outreach towards a cross-section of voters.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying floral tribute to the portrait of former Chief Minister late J. Jayalalithaa and late M. G. Ramachandran at an event in Chennai on February 14(ANI)

Published on Mar 04, 2021 09:56 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Hindustan Times, Chennai

Congress-DMK seat-sharing talks in Tamil Nadu hit impasse

The Congress which won 8 seats out of the 41 it contested in the last assembly election wants at least 30 seats this time.

MK Stalin's DMK isn't willing to part with more than 24 seats for its ally Congress.(PTI)

Published on Mar 03, 2021 11:05 PM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu

VK Sasikala quits politics, says ‘will pray Amma govt is formed in Tamil Nadu’

Tamil Nadu goes to polls in single-phase on April 2 and the results will be announced on May 2.

Updated on Mar 03, 2021 10:50 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times, Chennai

Amit Shah and Tamil Nadu CM discuss Sasikala’s possible return

Elections to the Tamil Nadu assembly are scheduled on April 6. Responding to the BJP’s suggestion that Sasikala and Dinakaran be inducted in the AIADMK, a senior BJP leader who accompanied Shah to the meetings, he said, “it is our political strategy. We discussed it among many other things at the meeting.”

Sasikala, whom the AIADMK expelled in 2017 continues to identify herself as the party’s general secretary.(PTI file photo)

Published on Mar 02, 2021 07:24 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Chennai

Can you do push-up with 1 hand, Rahul Gandhi asks TN students. Then a demo

"Can you do push-ups. Let's try 15?" he is asked by Merolin Shenigha, a class 10 student. Rahul obliges and then raises the bar

Rahul Gandhi was seen doing push-ups with a Class 10 student.(Videograb )

Updated on Mar 01, 2021 06:38 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Mallika Soni, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Seat-sharing talks with AIADMK not 'dragging', says Tamil Nadu BJP chief

State BJP President L Murugan refused to divulge how many seats the party has sought from AIADMK and said a clarity on seat allocation might emerge in a day or two.

Tamil Nadu BJP president L Murugan during party's Vetrivel Yatra. (File photo)

Published on Mar 01, 2021 04:43 PM IST

PTI | , Chennai

Rahul Gandhi attacks Palaniswami, talks about 'kind of leader' who can be CM

Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day visit to Tamil Nadu, where Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 6. He attacked CM K Palaniswami saying he bows to PM Modi.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacts with children in Kanyakumari on Monday.(PTI Photo)

Published on Mar 01, 2021 02:35 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi

Amit Shah hits out at Congress, DMK over dynastic politics

Shah apologised to the crowd that he could not deliver his address in Tamil, although it “would have been nice” if he could do so. “First of all I want to say sorry that I am unable to talk in one of the oldest languages in the country, the sweet one,” Shah said at the Villupuram public meeting.

Pitching for the AIADMK-led NDA alliance, Shah targeted the DMK-Congress alliance for its dynastic politics and corruption.(ANI Photo)

Published on Mar 01, 2021 06:31 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Chennai

BJP using education to divide country: Rahul Gandhi

During an interaction with college professors, Educators Meet, at the St Xavier College in Tirunelveli district, Gandhi said he counted on the people’s support to defeat the BJP.

The former Congress president is touring poll-bound Tamil Nadu as part of the second leg of his campaign for the April 6 assembly polls.(PTI)

Published on Mar 01, 2021 06:29 AM IST

ByDivya Chandrababu, Chennai

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Actor-politician Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) and TTV Dhinakaran’s Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) also released their first lists on Wednesday.

Former MLAs P Palaniappan, M Rengasamy, G Senthamizhan, C Shanmugavelu, and NG Parthiban are among prominent candidates on the list.

Haasan has been critical of archrivals AIADMK and DMK over corruption and other issues and is heading a three-party coalition to face the April 6 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls.

The DMDK initially demanded 41 seats — the same number it had contested in alliance with the AIADMK in the 2011 assembly elections, the last time it was in alliance with the AIADMK.

Trichy has nine assembly constituencies. But beyond that, the district has played a key role in the rise of the DMK historically and current rifts reflect both the opportunities and challenges for the party

The DMDK released a statement announcing that the party is leaving the AIADMK-BJP alliance over the inconclusive seat-sharing discussion even after three rounds of negotiations.

The AIMIM had said that they were invited to the DMK’s minority conference in January but the DMK distanced itself.

As announced by Dhinakaran on Twitter, the AIMIM will contest from the southern state’s assembly constituencies of Vaniyambadi, Krishnagiri and Sankarapuram.

This is Shah's second visit to the state in a week. Last Sunday, he visited Chennai and met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam.

K S Alagiri said party leader Rahul Gandhi had opined during his recent campaign that the Tamil Nadu election was more than an initiative for a mere regime change and was all about an ideological war.

The Union home minister said that he is confident that NDA alliance will emerge victorious in Tamil Nadu Assembly election. This is Shah's second visit to Tamil Nadu in a week.

The tie-up comes just before the grand rally that the DMK has planned on Sunday. Congress leader in-charge of Tamil Nadu, Dinesh Gundu Rao, expressed confidence that the DMK-led alliance will sweep the election.

The Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after the death of Congress MP H Vasanthakumar who passed away due to Covid-19 last year.

CPI (M) state general secretary K Balakrishnan, other party members G Ramakrishnan and Mahendran met DMK leaders at the DMK headquarters in Arivalayam on Saturday.

Sources inside Congress told ANI, Tamil Nadu Congress president KS Alagiri broke down in front of party members after feeling humiliated by DMK during the seat-sharing discussion.

The elections across 38 districts of the southern state will be conducted in a single phase on April 2 and the results will be announced on May 2.

Income tax officials have also seized ₹3 crore cash during raids on two groups of civil contractors in Tamil Nadu

In 2017, when VK Sasikala had briefly held the reigns of the party and O Panneerselvam revolted against her, he had the backing of the RSS-BJP combine

As expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala’s statement that she will “step away from politics” is expected to strengthen the party, Opposition parties in the DMK-led alliance want to put up a solidified fight

The VCK sought 10 seats initially, but the party accepted the deal to drive out 'Sanathana forces' from Tamil Nadu, said Thol Thirumavalavan.

"We should make sure the AIADMK comes back to power. Even after 10 years, people of Tamil Nadu are with the AIADMK,” the chief minister said.

The BJP use of ideological opponent Kamaraj is seen as an outreach towards a cross-section of voters.

The Congress which won 8 seats out of the 41 it contested in the last assembly election wants at least 30 seats this time.

Tamil Nadu goes to polls in single-phase on April 2 and the results will be announced on May 2.

"Can you do push-ups. Let's try 15?" he is asked by Merolin Shenigha, a class 10 student. Rahul obliges and then raises the bar

State BJP President L Murugan refused to divulge how many seats the party has sought from AIADMK and said a clarity on seat allocation might emerge in a day or two.

Rahul Gandhi is on a three-day visit to Tamil Nadu, where Assembly elections will be held in a single phase on April 6. He attacked CM K Palaniswami saying he bows to PM Modi.

During an interaction with college professors, Educators Meet, at the St Xavier College in Tirunelveli district, Gandhi said he counted on the people’s support to defeat the BJP.

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