The DMK is today celebrating the 75th anniversary of its mouthpiece Murasoli and an event organised on the occasion was attended by Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth.
"Dhinakaran's appointment as Deputy General Secretary is illegal as per the party rules. He cannot hold any party post since he was not a party member for a continuous five years," the AIADMK resolution said.
“A group of 10 MLAs cannot split a party, which is intact. The by-election to R K Nagar Assembly constituency was postponed not due to a split, but following allegations of bribing of voters,” Thambidurai said
The BJP today slammed the Karnataka government over the transfer of DIG (Prisons) D Roopa after she brought to light the alleged special treatment meted out to AIADMK (Amma) leader V K Sasikala in the central jail here.
“We have all the data. There was no interference in the medical treatment given to her (Jayalalithaa)," Apollo Hospital Group’s Founder Chairman Prathap C. Reddy said.
Panneerselvam faction claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought their support for Naidu in the August 5 election.
AIADMK General Secretary and convict V.K. Sasikala Natarajan was on Wednesday accused of bribing Karnataka Director General of Prisons (DGP) Satyanarayana Rao and city central jail officials for undue favours
The Kodanadu estate figures in the disproportionate assets case involving jailed AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala and late Jayalalithaa, among others.
Panneerselvam also ruled out the possibility of the AIADMK factions merging, saying the seven-member panel constituted by his faction to hold merger talks had been dissolved.
Further cementing the prospect of NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind succeeding Pranab Mukherjee as the President of India, the AIADMK’s O Panneerselvam faction today extended support to the saffron party’ nominee
The announcement came two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi rang up Palaniswami to seek his party's support for the National Democratic Alliance nominee.
On whether Sasikala has given any message to partymen on the matter, he said, "No message was given."
Interestingly, DMK allies Congress and IUML stayed back even when Stalin and his colleagues trooped out of the House.
DMK legislators were thrown out of the house en masse for demanding a discussion on a television channel sting alleging money was paid for trust vote.
Dhinakaran’s statement came a day after Panneerselvam dissolved the seven-member committee that was formed to hold merger talks with rival AIADMK faction led by Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
Panneerselvam's announcement at a meeting of party functionaries here came after senior party leaders pressed him for a decision in this regard.
The meeting between the MLAs and Dhinakaran sparked speculations over the Tamil Nadu government's stability.
After being lodged in Tihar jail in Delhi, Dhinakaran arrived here to a rousing welcome by his supporters.
Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry after hearing the arguments reserved the order on the bail application for May 31.
Dinakaran was presented in a magisterial court from the Tihar jail in pursuance to a production warrant issued by the court.
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