Election Commission on Friday issued a notice to jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikal based on a petition challenging her nomination as the party general secretary, even as the rival O Panneerselvam camp has intensified its demand for a secret ballot during the trust vote in the Assembly. Representing the Panneerselvam[Read More…]
Tag: Tamil Nadu
OPS camp ‘removes’ Sasikala
Tamil Nadu: Jaya’s govt will continue, says CM Palaniswami
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday exuded confidence that he will prove his majority in the Assembly and ensure that the government of Amma (Jayalalithaa) will continue. “I wish to say that Amma’s (Jayalalithaa) government will continue by me proving majority in the Assembly,” he told reporters[Read More…]
E Palaniswami takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM with 30 other ministers
Ending the 10-day impasse over government formation, Sasikala loyalist Edappadi K Palanisami took oath as next Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on Thursday. The development comes a day after AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala Natarajan surrendered before a Bengaluru jail following her conviction in a disproportionate assets case. Palanisamy has[Read More…]
FIR against Sasikala,Palanisamy for abducting MLAs
AIADMK MLA files kidnapping case against Sasikala
Edappadi K Palaniswami meets TN Governor, stakes claim to form government
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…]
Sasikala convicted in DA case; disqualified to contest election for 10 years
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…]
There are people who cannot tolerate a lady getting into politics: Sasikala
Rajinikanth may launch his own political party
AIADMK crisis: TN governor meets O Panneerselvam, to meet Sasikala
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…]
AIADMK MLAs ‘free to move around’, not under detention: TN govt to Madras HC
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…]
Tamil Nadu: O Panneerselvam keeps up attack; Sasikala tightens grip on AIADMK
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…]
TN political crisis: Kamal Haasan urges co-stars to take stand
Inquiry commission will be set up to probe Jayalalithaa’s death: O Panneerselvam
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…]
Jaya never want Sasikala to become CM: Pandian
Amma was probably murdered, says AIADMK leader
1.5 lakh sign an online petition against Sasikala
Ten Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
Swearing delayed by the Tamil Nadu governor
The governor delayed the swearing of the new AIADMK legislative chief as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. This news come hours later. after the party stated that she Sasikala’s swearing ceremony will be held on Tuesday at 8.45 a.m. As per Times Now report, the Governor C Vidyasagar Rao[Read More…]
Over Rs 5 cr spent on Jaya’s treatment
PIL filed in Supreme Court to restrain Sasikala swearing-in
A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday to restrain AIADMK leader V K Sasikala from being sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Tuesday. The PIL was filed on the ground that the apex court was likely to pronounce within a week the judgement in a[Read More…]
Chinamma of Tamil Nadu politics
Here’s how twitter reacted to V.K. Sasikala becoming CM of Tamil Nadu
Just after AIADMK general secretary V.K. Sasikala on Sunday was elected as the Leader of the Legislature party by the MLAs paving the way for her swearing in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the entire social media gets flooded with the reactions. Sasikala Natarajan was unanimously elected as the[Read More…]