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"We Will Win Big": DMK, Congress Seal Alliance Deal In Tamil Nadu

Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Arun Nair | Saturday March 06, 2021, Chennai

The DMK has allotted 25 seats to ally Congress for next month's elections in Tamil Nadu. The national party has also been allotted the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat that would go for bypolls following the death of Congress MP Vasanthakumar.

BJP Nominates Pon Radhakrishnan For Kanyakumari Lok Sabha Bypoll

Press Trust of India | Saturday March 06, 2021, New Delhi/Chennai

The BJP on Saturday named senior party leader and former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan as its candidate for the April 6 bypoll to the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.

AIADMK Allots 20 Seats To BJP For Tamil Nadu Election

Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin , Edited by Aman Dwivedi | Saturday March 06, 2021, Chennai

The ruling AIADMK on Friday allotted 20 seats to its ally BJP for the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly election. This is three less than the 23 seats allotted to the other regional ally, PMK. The names of the seats that would go to the BJP are yet to be released. The national party has also been allotted the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat that would go for bye polls following the death of Congress MP Vasanthakumar.

"Rahul Gandhi Held Surrogate Poll Campaign": Tamil Nadu BJP's Complaint

Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday March 04, 2021, Chennai

The BJP in Tamil Nadu has accused Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of violating the Model Code of Conduct ahead of next month's Assembly election - by holding a "surrogate election campaign" during an interaction with school students

MK Stalin Party Finalises Seat-Sharing With Smaller Ally, Allots 6 Seats

Press Trust of India | Thursday March 04, 2021

The DMK on Thursday allotted six constituencies to ally Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi for the April 6 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu Election: As Kamal Haasan's MNM's Begins 2nd Phase Campaign, Is Congress Cosying Up

Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin , Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Thursday March 04, 2021, Chennai

Even going by Tamil Nadu's tradition of matinee-idols-turned leaders, Kamal Haasan, at 62, was a relatively late entrant to the political scene by February 2018. His Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), however, has perhaps been one of the earliest among all state or national-level parties to have entered campaign mode this poll season. It has now already launched the next phase of the drive. Something about him, his party, and its energy seems to be catching on, going by rumours that the Congress - its age-old alliance with the DMK swaying - is inching towards the fledgling outfit. It's all in the realm of speculation now, though.

Advantage AIADMK As VK Sasikala's Move Stuns Tamil Nadu Ahead Of Polls

Written by Uma Sudhir | Thursday March 04, 2021, Chennai

Ousted former AIADMK chief VK Sasikala's sudden announcement on Wednesday night that she will "step aside from politics and public life" clearly means Advantage AIADMK and a setback to her nephew and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) leader TTV Dhinakaran.

"Ball Is In DMK's Court": Tamil Nadu Congress Chief On Seat-Sharing

Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 03, 2021, Cuddalore

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president KS Alagiri on Wednesday said the "ball is the DMK's court" on seat-sharing for the April 6 assembly elections.

"Staying Away From Politics," Says VK Sasikala Ahead Of Tamil Nadu Polls

Reported by Arvind Gunasekar,J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday March 03, 2021, Chennai

VK Sasikala, the expelled former chief of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK, who was released from jail in January and was widely expected to fight for her position in the run-up to Assembly elections, has quit politics and public life

BJP To Finalise First List Of Candidates For Five Assembly Polls On Thursday

Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 03, 2021, New Delhi

The central election committee of the BJP will meet on Thursday to finalise its first list of candidates for five assembly polls, with top party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expected to attend the meeting.

AIADMK Will Decide If VK Sasikala Will Join Tamil Nadu Alliance, Says BJP

Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 03, 2021, Chennai

The BJP today said the AIADMK would decide on accommodating VK Sasikala, once a close aide of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, in the ruling party-led alliance for the April 6 election in Tamil Nadu.

Gloves To Be Given Free To Voters In Tamil Nadu District Due To Covid

Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 03, 2021, Erode

The Erode district administration in Tamil Nadu has placed an order to buy 19 lakh gloves for free distribution to voters at the time of entering the polling stations, said the district Collector and its election officer C Kathiravan on Wednesday.

Kamal Haasan May Fight From Seat In Chennai Where MGR Held For 9 Years

Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Wednesday March 03, 2021, Chennai

Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan will launch the second phase of his party's campaign for the Tamil Nadu election today from Chennai's Alandur, from where he is likely to contest the April 6 election, sources have said.

Hiccups In DMK-Congress Seat-Sharing Ahead Of Tamil Nadu Election

Written by J Sam Daniel Stalin | Wednesday March 03, 2021, Chennai

The Congress and its Tamil Nadu ally DMK have not been able to finalise a seat-sharing deal for the April 6 election despite two rounds of talks. According to sources, the Congress's demand for contesting in 30 of the state's 234 assembly seats is unacceptable to its Dravidian ally. The MK Stalin-led party - which is the dominant partner in the alliance in the southern state - is not ready to concede more than 20 seats, leading to a stalemate.

"Vaccination Against Corruption Next Month, Get Ready": Kamal Haasan

Reported by Sam Daniel, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Tuesday March 02, 2021, Chennai

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan, who took the first vaccine dose against the coronavirus today, launched a sharp attack at the AIADMK