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They didn’t yield much for the party but may have softened the blow of the electoral defeat
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam. File
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They didn’t yield much for the party but may have softened the blow of the electoral defeat
On February 26, just hours before the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu made a series of last-minute populist announcements clearly aimed at wooing voters. The most prominent among them was the Legislative Assembly’s decision to pass a bill to provide 10.5% reservation for the Vanniyar community in education and jobs within the 20% quota for the Most Backward Classes and denotified communities. Just a day earlier, with an eye on the votes of government employees, the State government had decided to increase the age of retir
Stalin can be largely credited with the victory of the DMK-led alliance, having almost single-handedly lead the campaign of his party and allies Congress, MDMK, VCK, CPI and CPM besides some minor partners
CHENNAI: On a sunny day when people kept indoors for the fear of the pandemic, a 68-year-old man, a prince long in waiting, stepped out of the shadows of his late father and marched towards Fort St George. It was time for the coronation of Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin.
DMK chief M K Stalin emerged as a leader in his own right by leading his alliance to a 158-seat victory in the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly on Sunday (As of 9.30pm Sunday, DMK alone had won 131 seats). The party, too, made history as it had not won more than 100 seats in assembly polls in nearly 25 years.
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Stalinâs campaign portrayed the AIADMK as the B-team of the BJP, and successfully managed to taint its Dravidian rival with the âoutsiderâ tag.
DMK Party workers celebrate during the counting day of Tamil Nadu Assembly polls result at their party headquarters, in Chennai, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI
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The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party strategist had none of the Dravidian hubris with which many dismiss the idea of the BJP as a force in Tamil Nadu.
He said he respected the BJP as a party with formidable resources, background, ideology and thinking. They had the dough, for sure, he said. The problem was that the mould in Tamil Nadu was for making idly whereas the BJP wanted to make dosa, he said, reacting to the DMK frontâs convincing win in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2021. Though counting is still on at the time of writing, the DMK front is set t
PMK to send leaders to the Assembly after a gap
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CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 01/12/2020 : Paattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss waving the cadres crowd during demonstration near Thomas Munro statue in Chennai on December 01, 2020, to pres for 20% reservation for Vanniyars in government jobs and higher education, during the 249 th day of nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of deadly novel Coronavirus pandemic. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam
The Pattali Makkal Katchi, which fought the 2021 Assembly election in alliance with the AIADMK, reversed its electoral fortunes and established leads in Pennagaram (9,890 votes), Dharmapuri (15,852 votes), Salem West (13,218 votes) and Mailam (780 votes), while fighting a close contest in Jayamkondan and Vridhachalam in a see-saw battle on Sunday, at the time of going to print.
AIADMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami and DMK leader MK Stalin.
After the death of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa in December 2016 and her arch rival M Karunanidhi in August 2018, many wondered if space would open up for a political alternative in the state.
As the campaign for the 2021 Assembly elections rolled on, it became clear that the duopoly of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which have been ruling the state since 1967, remains deeply entrenched with no real challenger on the horizon.
On April 6, all 234 constituencies in Tamil Nadu will go vote in a single phase, with results not expected until May 2.