Chennai: A total of 20 assembly seats are vacant in Tamil Nadu as of Thursday following the Madras High Court judgment in the AIADMK MLAs case and it will be a sort of mini-assembly elections if bypolls are to held simultaneously. The bypolls for 20 seats will be an acid[Read More…]
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Madras HC rejects plea seeking disqualification of 11 AIADMK MLAs
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking disqualification of 11 AIADMK legislators, including Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, for voting against the government during a confidence motion moved by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami last year. Dismissing the petition filed by DMK Whip R. Sakkrapani, the court said[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu governor meets Rajnath Singh amid ongoing political crisis
Tamil Nadu Governor C Vidyasagar Rao met union home minister, Rajnath Singh on Tuesday, a day after 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs were disqualified under the anti-defection law. The meeting lasted for 20-minute and the governor is believed to have briefed the home minister about the political developments in the southern[Read More…]