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A representation on behalf of AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami was submitted to the Governor by party MLA Agri S.S. Krishnamoorthy
AIADMK leader questions the government’s purchase of 4,400 MW from private companies at ₹35 a unit, after cancelling agreements entered into by the previous DMK government for purchase at ₹11 to ₹20 a unit over corruption allegations
If the leadership calls for a meeting, Mr. Shanmugam says he and others are willing to “cooperate” and take steps for the party’s welfare
In 2011, the transition to the uniform system of school education in Tamil Nadu faced a political hurdle when the AIADMK came to power
“It is a good thing that Edappadi K. Palaniswami expelled me from the AIADMK. Had I not left the party, I would still be sitting in the Opposition benches. Look where I am now,” he said
Following AIADMK’s recent setback in the Madurantakam and Dharapuram bypoll, detractors may raise questions about Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s leadership around the time of the party’s Foundation Day on October 17
The bypolls in the two constituencies were necessitated after Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama, who had won the Madurantakam and Dharapuram seats, respectively, as AIADMK candidates in the 2026 Assembly elections, resigned as MLAs and joined the ruling TVK
Maragatham Kumaravel, a former AIADMK leader, now seeks re-election as the TVK’s candidate after resigning as AIADMK MLA barely three weeks after the 2026 result; while some voters are undecided, some say they may not vote for the TVK despite the CM’s popularity
Tamil Nadu’s first Assembly by-elections since the 2026 elections are a key test for Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and the ruling TVK. With former AIADMK MLAs contesting as TVK candidates in Madurantakam and Dharapuram, the bypolls will test voter sentiment on political defections, the strength of the AIADMK and the stability of Tamil Nadu’s new coalition government.
‘You took pity on the candidate and voted for her in the election; but she defected to the ruling party; if you vote for the AIADMK again, there may be another by-election,’ said Kanimozhi
With discomfort in the AIADMK showing no signs of subsiding, after former School Education Minister and veteran leader K.A. Sengottaiyan was divested of party posts following his call for the return of estranged leaders, it is a timely moment to revisit some of the most significant uprisings within Tamil Nadu’s two major Dravidian parties
Rajmohan defends the TVK’s bypoll campaign
A senior PMK leader says the ‘attitude’ of the AIADMK leadership continues to be a sore point hampering a ‘natural alliance’
Of the 44 reserved seats in the State, the party had won 32 in 2016 Assembly elections, while it could manage only eight seats 10 years later
Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan reject the writ petition filed by Agri S.S. Krishnamurthy to quash the amendment that seeks the constitution of a tribunal to resolve the dispute between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
There are 13 sitting legislators including general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami who have figured in the list of star campaigners