Newly elected AIADMK Legislature party leader, Edappadi K Palaniswami, on Tuesday meet governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and staked claim to form the government. In his brief meeting with the Governor, Palaniswami presented a list of MLAs supporting his claim. Some senior leaders and ministers also accompanied Palaniswami, according to sources.[Read More…]
AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala has been convicted by a two member Bench of Supreme Court over the disproportionate assets case. The apex court set aside the Karnataka High Court Judgement and uphold the judgement of Justice Michael D Cunha in 2014 convicting Sasikala, her niece Ilavarasi, nephew VN Sudhakaran[Read More…]
The political chaos in Tamil Nadu continues even after a week and witnessing the endless war of words between AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala and senior party leader O Panneerselvam. Notably, several politicians and film personalities came forward to give their support to Panneerselvam, while Sasikala, rushed to meet MLAs[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Friday declined an urgent hearing of a PIL seeking to restrain AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala from taking oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister. The top court declined its hearing till its decision in the Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case. The apex court is set to pronounce[Read More…]
The uncertainty over the chief ministerial position continues as the Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao met both AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam in a meeting separately. While Sasikala stakes claim to form the government, caretaker Panneerselvam voiced confidence that “justice will[Read More…]
As the uncertainty over the chief ministerial position continues, Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao has invited AIADMK General Secretary V K Sasikala and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam for meeting him separately. Rao, who holds the charge of Tamil Nadu in addition to Maharashtra, arrived Chennai on Thursday[Read More…]
Madras High Court on Thursday rejected the plea for an urgent hearing Habeas Corpus petitions which alleged illegal detention of 130-odd ruling AIADMK MLAs after the Tamil Nadu government said the legislators were staying at the MLAs’ Hostel and “free to move around”. Additional Public Prosecutor, who appeared for the[Read More…]
The ongoing political crisis in Tamil Nadu is known to all of us now. The political war for top post is becoming worse day by day with accusations and blame game. Actually, Panneerselvam, who resigned from Chief Minister’s post on Saturday, said on Wednesday that he was forced to do[Read More…]
In a major turns of events in OPS vs Sasikala in Tamil Nadu, the legislature party meeting convened by V K Sasikala was attended by at least 120 AIADMK MLAs out of a total of 134. Her faction said 129 MLAs appeared in the meeting, while Five MLAs including former[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Wednesday said he would recommend an inquiry commission under a sitting Supreme Court judge to probe the “doubts” surrounding the health condition and demise of the former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. “There are widespread doubts on Amma’s health among people. It is the[Read More…]
As Tamil Nadu descends deeper into a political crisis, Congress leader Karti Chidambaram questioned the morality of Sasikala’s ascension to the chief minister’s post and called for immediate elections in the state. Excerpts from an interview: Q: What should be the way forward to resolve the crisis unfolding in[Read More…]
Interim chief minister O. Panneerselvam was expelled from AIADMK just after party general secretary Sasikala Natarajan concluded emergency meet at the Poes Garden. Panneerselvam was also sacked from AIADMK’s treasurer post, hours after he said on Tuesday that he was forced and threatened to resign as the CM to pave[Read More…]
