CHENNAI: Days after DMK president and chief minister M K Stalin alleged that the AIADMK had pledged the state’s rights with the BJP, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday said the DMK had been a BJP stooge to remain a part of the coalition at the Centre for five years from 1999.In a strongly worded statement, the former chief minister alleged that the “minority-DMK regime” of...
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CHENNAI: Leading the party in celebrating the AIADMK’s 52nd founding day, former chief minister and party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday asserted that his party would lead a grand alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and win all 40 seats, including the lone Puducherry seat. “People are disillusioned with the DMK and the AIADMK will return to office again in 2026,”...
CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday announced that the party would hold agitation against the governments of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the delta districts on October 6. Former AIADMK ministers R Kamaraj, O S Manian, C Vijayabaskar, R B Udayakumar and S Semmalai would lead the agitation in Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Mayiladuthurai and Cuddalore districts...
CHENNAI: The BJP top brass was in constant touch with him, in fact, on a daily basis, insisted former chief minister O Panneerselvam, breaking his silence on Thursday, three days after the AIADMK announced its decision to snap ties with the BJP.“Whether they are in the NDA or not is something that has to be decided by the BJP, which is a national party and which has all the eligibility to govern the...
CHENNAI/COIMBATORE: The AIADMK led by Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday announced its decision to break its alliance with the BJP.A meeting of party headquarters office-bearers and district secretaries chaired by Palaniswami adopted a unanimous resolution to this effect. Former minister and senior leader K P Munusamy read out the resolution amid scores of former ministers, functionaries and cadres...
CHENNAI: After overcoming legal hurdles to assert his leadership, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday urged Tamil Nadu legislative assembly speaker M Appavu to recognise R B Udhayakumar as the party's deputy leader of opposition in the house. EPS insisted that Udhayakumar be provided a seat next to him, replacing former chief minister O Panneerselvam, who was expelled from the...
SALEM/ CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said chief minister M K Stalin's attempts to scuttle the growth of his party through false cases would fail and the opposition party would bounce back to power.Addressing the party cadres on Sunday at Attur in Salem, on his maiden visit to hometown Salem after being elected as the party general secretary, EPS said that there was a high...
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Sunday said the AIADMK was still part of their alliance and he had never said otherwise.On his meeting with Union home minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah, Annamalai said it would not be appropriate to divulge details.Speaking on the sidelines of an educational event in Chennai, Annamalai said the AIADMK was still part of the BJP-led alliance. “I...