The Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu Thursday criticised the Election Commission for curtailing campaigning in West Bengal by 20 hours, throwing its weight behind West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.
Monday kickstarted with a lot of buzz in the political circles, starting from Kamal Haasan's controversial remarks to Rahul Gandhi bashing Sam Pitroda over "hua to hua" comments on 1984 anti-Sikh riots and finally culminating with KCR's meeting with DMK President MK Stalin. We bring to you an election wrap of May 13 in 10 points:
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday had an hour-long meeting with DMK President M.K. Stalin here but it appeared that his proposal for a non-BJP, non-Congress coalition didn't have takers.
DMK President M.K. Stalin on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's order dismissing the case filed against the release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
In its complaint, the AIADMK referred to Stalin and Maran's comments to the media wherein they said they had voted for a change of government and requested the public to do the same.
According to sources, at least 10 IT officials raided the places owned by Kanimozhi on Tuesday night. DMK district secretary Geetha Jeevan's residence is also under the IT scanner, sources said.
In a video clip released just days before Tamil Nadu goes to polls, DMK supporters have decided to pay tribute to the show by explaining it with analogies from Tamil Nadu politics and multiple plotlines of Game of Thrones.
The Congress party has formed an alliance with the DMK for the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Addressing an election rally in this industrial city, they claimed the Goods Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation had broken the backbone of the country’s economy and leading to closure of small industries in the state, rendering thousands of workers jobless.
DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday said the upcoming general elections will be akin to the second freedom struggle for people of India to fight against the "radical Hinduism" of the BJP.
Stalin also went on to say that Gandhi had the ability to defeat the "fascist" Narendra Modi government.
Stalin has been admitted to Apollo Hospital where he underwent a surgery to remove a cyst from his right thigh.
He will be the second President of the party, a post which was held by his father Karunanidhi for 49 long years.
Alagiri, the elder brother of Stalin, said Karunandihi wanted to readmit him into the party.
Karunanidhi had expelled Alagiri and his supporters from the party in 2014 at the height of his fight with Stalin over establishing supremacy in the party.
Alagiri visited Karunanidhi's memorial at Chennai's Marina beach on Monday. Talking to reporters later, Alagiri asserted that "true relatives" and supporters of his father are with his side.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi condoled the death of Karunanidhi and wrote letter to his son MK Stalin describing the Kalaignar as "father figure" who always showed great kindness an consideration to her.
The Centre failed to set up the CMB within six weeks of the apex court's February 16 order. The deadline ended on March 29.
Stalin had written to Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami's government urging him not to allow Vishwa Hindu Parishad's rath yatra to enter the state borders as it could disrupt the communal harmony.
The yatra began in Uttar Pradesh on February 13, and is scheduled to end in Rameshwaram, a region in southern Tamil Nadu that features in the Hindu epic Ramayan.
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