Tamil Nadu Congress Split

AAP leader Gopal Rai Sunday questioned the intention of the Congress behind fielding its president Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad, saying the grand old party needs to clarify if it was under pressure by the Centre to split anti-BJP votes.

Days after the Congress - already a spent force in Tamil Nadu - was split by GK Vasan, the party should abandon "bravado" by professing that "people quitting doesn't matter." That's the blunt assessment of Karti Chidambaram, the 42-year-old lawyer who, like every other Congressman from the state, lost the national election in May.

Mani Shankar Aiyar on the Congress split in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu split shows Gandhis can't keep party together, writes Sandeep Phukan.

The Congress, mired in one of its worst crises with a growing list of electoral defeats, has new whiplash to contend with. The party has split in Tamil Nadu, where it has already been reduced to a bit player.

The already depleted Congress seems headed for a setback with former Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan reportedly giving ample indications of breaking away from the party and reviving the erstwhile Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC).

MK Stalin, the politician who allegedly forged the split between the DMK and the Congress, was wakened at 7 am by a CBI team that started searching his house in Chennai. The investigators said they were looking for a Rs 1.4-crore SUV, a Hummer, bought by the politician's son more than five years ago, allegedly without paying the required import dut...

AAP leader Gopal Rai Sunday questioned the intention of the Congress behind fielding its president Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad, saying the grand old party needs to clarify if it was under pressure by the Centre to split anti-BJP votes.

Days after the Congress - already a spent force in Tamil Nadu - was split by GK Vasan, the party should abandon "bravado" by professing that "people quitting doesn't matter." That's the blunt assessment of Karti Chidambaram, the 42-year-old lawyer who, like every other Congressman from the state, lost the national election in May.

Mani Shankar Aiyar on the Congress split in Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu split shows Gandhis can't keep party together, writes Sandeep Phukan.

The Congress, mired in one of its worst crises with a growing list of electoral defeats, has new whiplash to contend with. The party has split in Tamil Nadu, where it has already been reduced to a bit player.

The already depleted Congress seems headed for a setback with former Union Shipping Minister GK Vasan reportedly giving ample indications of breaking away from the party and reviving the erstwhile Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC).

MK Stalin, the politician who allegedly forged the split between the DMK and the Congress, was wakened at 7 am by a CBI team that started searching his house in Chennai. The investigators said they were looking for a Rs 1.4-crore SUV, a Hummer, bought by the politician's son more than five years ago, allegedly without paying the required import dut...