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New Delhi: The ground-breaking victory of actor-politician Vijay in the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls — which falls just short of majority — has started a mad scramble for numbers. It has already split the vintage Congress-DMK alliance and now, with a sizable chunk of the AIADMK MLAs demanding that the party extend support to Vijay,…
Chennai: The Congress is holding a meeting tomorrow to take a call on actor-politician Vijay’s alliance offer and its Tamil Nadu partner, MK Stalin’s DMK, is livid. “Backstabbers”, was how DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai described it in an exclusive interview with NDTV. He, however, bypassed a question on whether party chief MK Stalin shared the…
For the longest time in his political career, senior AIADMK leader D Jayakumar was considered synonymous with Tamil Nadu’s Royapuram seat. The year 2021, however, was a massive setback for the five-time MLA, who lost to DMK’s Idream R. Murthy Jayakumar has won five elections from Royapuram since 1991. His victory in 1991 marked the…
Chennai: Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has positioned her poll campaign in Mylapore as a fight to “restore the legacy” of one of Chennai’s most historic constituencies. Campaigning along the temple-lined Mada Streets, Soundararajan told NDTV that Mylapore is the “cultural centre of Chennai” and represents Tamil Nadu’s civilisational heritage. “This…
Last Updated:April 09, 2026, 9:44 PM IST Some candidates asked astrologers about lucky colour to be worn during campaigning for better electoral luck. The polling for single-phase Tamil Nadu assembly elections is scheduled to be held on April 23. (PTI) As Tamil Nadu heads towards the 2026 Assembly elections, candidates across the state are leaving…
Last Updated:March 31, 2026, 10:00 IST Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026: A BJP breakthrough in Tamil Nadu could weaken the INDIA bloc, of which the ruling DMK is a part, ahead of the 2029 general election. Tamil Nadu Election 2026 Is Crucial For National Politics Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2026: Tamil Nadu’s 2026 Assembly election,…
Tamil Nadu is the graveyard of national political parties. It buried the Congress at its peak then in 1967. The BJP, also at its peak now, has been pregnant with possibilities but has failed to deliver. Never a serious player in the state before the dawn of the Modi-era, the BJP has been humbled in…