http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Tamil_Nadu%3A_political_history Tamil Nadu: political history - Revision history 2026-08-13T19:41:45Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.19.2 http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Tamil_Nadu:_political_history&diff=140081&oldid=prev Jyoti: /* 2026 */ 2026-07-28T15:56:45Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">2026</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 15:56, 28 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1,177:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1,177:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=2026=</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=2026=</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Annamalai quits BJP, 13L join his new movement==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=07_06_2026_015_006_cap_TOI&#160; June 7, 2026: ''The Times of India'']</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chennai : The new movement “wetheleader.org” launched by ex-Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai after quitting the party has garnered a staggering 13 lakh members within 24 hours of its rollout. 
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''' </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Nehru was clear in his preference for an elected government over President’s Rule.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He wrote to President Rajendra Prasad on February 3, 1952, saying President’s Rule should be considered only if it became clear that “there is no possibility of any party or coalition succeeding in forming a stable Government”.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">But he added: “President’s rule cannot be normal or prolonged in the circumstances. 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While he is DMK’s undisputed leader at 71, Stalin will have to pass on the mantle sooner than later. The expected elevation of his son Udhayanidhi as deputy CM may give more ammo to Stalin’s detractors, but as long as DMK functionaries accept the rising son’s ascent without a murmur, dynasty politics may not harm the party’s electoral prospects. BJP, rising slowly as it is, may not be an immediate threat, but actor Vijay’s electoral entry as a disruptor in 2026 can trigger unexpected churns.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>
While he is DMK’s undisputed leader at 71, Stalin will have to pass on the mantle sooner than later. The expected elevation of his son Udhayanidhi as deputy CM may give more ammo to Stalin’s detractors, but as long as DMK functionaries accept the rising son’s ascent without a murmur, dynasty politics may not harm the party’s electoral prospects. 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With the remaining two slots kept for IUML and VCK, there will be no room for the antiEPS AIADMK faction. In a significant political message, Vijay inducted seven Dalit ministers, the highest representation for the community in TN’s history. The number is expected to rise to eight once VCK joins the ministry.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Vijay’s cabinet with 2 Brahmins bucks state’s political trendThe expansion also marked another departure from the state’s political trend, with Vijay inducting two Brahmins into the cabinet. While Mylapore MLA P Venkataramanan was made a minister in the first batch that was sworn in on May 10, Srirangam legislator S Ramesh was made the HR&amp;CE minister on Thursday.There are four women ministers in the cabinet. Though the state had a similar number of women ministers in the past, the TVK cabinet will have youngest women ministers — Kamali, 28 (animal husbandry), and Keerthana, 29 (industries). This cabinet is also one of the youngest, with nine ministers less than 40 years old and two less than 30 years.Only four ministers are aged above 60, with K A Sengottaiyan being the oldest at 78 years. First-time MLA representing R K Nagar, Marie Wilson, has been made finance minister, replacing Sengottaiyan who has now been given revenue. 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But what stood out was pure politics: Her party, DMDK, had for the first time since Vijayakant founded it in 2005, forged an alliance with DMK. 
</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">“This was to happen in 2016,” she said, about the talks then DMK president M Karunanidhi had with Vijayakant. “After 10 years, it’s happening now with the blessings of Kalaignar and Captain,” she said. Premallatha had been holding talks with both the big alliances in Tamil Nadu. Thursday, after calling on CM MK Stalin at DMK headquarters, she said the decision was in line with the wishes of a majority of DMDK functionaries and cadres.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
Stalin welcomed DMDK with a post on X. “Let your arrival into the DMK alliance contribute to the development of the state. We will continue to travel together for the all-round growth of the state.” 
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</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Recollecting Karunanidhi’s famous statement “pazham nazhuvi paalil vizhum (the fruit will slip and fall into the milk)”, referring to an “imminent alliance” that did not materialise, Premallatha said now the fruit had truly slipped and fallen into “honey-laced milk”. She added an emotional element to the alliance, citing ties between the two families. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">“You all know our marriage was presided over by Kalaignar (Karunanidhi), and our wedding reception was held at Anna Arivalayam,” Premallatha said. DMDK cadres celebrated the alliance by bursting firecrackers and distributing sweets.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
While Premallatha said the alliance would win over 200 seats, deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin said DMDK’s entry added strength to the alliance. TNN</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:India|T TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Pages with broken file links|TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Places|T TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category:Politics|T TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=The DMKs/ Dravidian parties=</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>=The DMKs/ Dravidian parties=</div></td></tr> </table> Jyoti http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Tamil_Nadu:_political_history&diff=134194&oldid=prev Jyoti: /* Governors vis-à-vis the state government */ 2024-12-28T03:13:45Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Governors vis-à-vis the state government</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 03:13, 28 December 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 556:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 556:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>
Ravi made a three-minute speech and later issued a press release from Raj Bhavan saying the address prepared by govt “contained numerous passages with misleading claims and facts and reading them would have amounted to governor’s address becoming aconstitutional travesty”.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>
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DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi’s grandson and CM MK Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin was picked Saturday as TN’s deputy CM amid mounting pressure from senior party members and ministerial colleagues to entrust the 46-year-old with a larger official role. Stalin himself was made deputy to his CM father in 2009, while the Badals have done it in Punjab.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
Governor R N Ravi approved CM Stalin’s recommendations for Udhayanidhi’s promotion and the induction of V Senthil Balaji, Govi Chezhiaan, R Rajendran, and SM Nasar into the council of ministers. Balaji’s return to the cabinet comes just two days after he was released on bail following 471 days in prison for a money laundering case. 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The opposition contest and campaign centered on “exposing” DMK and Stalin with attacks on their failure to keep the pre-poll promises and practicing corruption and dynasty politics. The ‘DMK files’ (audio recordings of alleged conversations of some DMK functionaries), allegations of misgovernance, poor law and order, arrest and IT searches of senior ministers and charges of nepotism following the elevation of Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi failed to cut ice with the electorate.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>
The opposition contest and campaign centered on “exposing” DMK and Stalin with attacks on their failure to keep the pre-poll promises and practicing corruption and dynasty politics. The ‘DMK files’ (audio recordings of alleged conversations of some DMK functionaries), allegations of misgovernance, poor law and order, arrest and IT searches of senior ministers and charges of nepotism following the elevation of Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi failed to cut ice with the electorate.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">===B===</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=05_06_2024_010_007_cap_TOI&#160; June 5, 2024: ''The Times of India'']</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Leading INDIA bloc’s campaign in Tamil Nadu, DMK president and chief minister M K Stalin played two roles: one, as the last sentinel against a saffron surge in the South; two, as a victim of the Centre’s partisanship in funding states. He has emerged victorious, his alliance winning all the 40 seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
Keeping his coalition flock — Congress, CPM, CPI, VCK and IUML — together, Stalin has retained national prominence. The DMK president may not have prime ministerial ambitions but his stature as an entrenched regional satrap gives him a centrality like his father M Karunanidhi enjoyed for decades. The Lok Sabha victory may even be seen as vindication after bruising corruption charges against at least two of his ministers.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
A post-Covid outreach in healthcare and education along with proactive administrative measures by his govt has held anti-incumbency in check. Going forward, a friendly relationship with the Centre would help Stalin, especially since his state faces financial challenges. But the DMK president cannot cosy up to Modi when the next assembly election in Tamil Nadu is less than two years away. After all, it was his strident anti-BJP stand that gave him a decisive lead in atriangular contest. Even after AIADMK, which he had dubbed ‘BJP’s B team’, quit NDA in Sept 2023, DMK kept criticising it for a “secret pact” with BJP. Stalin’s message was clear: I am the supreme Dravidian commander against Hindutva. That was his USP.
DMK benefited from a divided opposition. If its rivals (PMK included) choose to join hands, 2026 could be harder than 2021, when DMK won 133 of 234 assembly seats. The TN chief minister has his work cut out, especially with BJP gaining in vote share. BJP state president K Annamalai was able to set a narrative that the battle — in terms of optics and decibel levels — was between DMK and BJP. The Stalin-Annamalai war of words was so shrill that AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami’s criticism of Stalin — and at times BJP — was barely audible.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
While he is DMK’s undisputed leader at 71, Stalin will have to pass on the mantle sooner than later. The expected elevation of his son Udhayanidhi as deputy CM may give more ammo to Stalin’s detractors, but as long as DMK functionaries accept the rising son’s ascent without a murmur, dynasty politics may not harm the party’s electoral prospects. BJP, rising slowly as it is, may not be an immediate threat, but actor Vijay’s electoral entry as a disruptor in 2026 can trigger unexpected churns.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:India|T TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[[Category:India|T TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORYTAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY</div></td></tr> </table> Jyoti http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php?title=Tamil_Nadu:_political_history&diff=131845&oldid=prev Jyoti: /* March: SC raps Gov. Ravi and he re-inducts Ponmudy as TN minister */ 2024-06-13T13:31:57Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">March: SC raps Gov. Ravi and he re-inducts Ponmudy as TN minister</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 13:31, 13 June 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 983:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 983:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>
Meanwhile, chastised by CJI D Y Chandrachud’s strong words a day prior, Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi on Friday told Supreme Court that he never had any intention to overreach SC by refusing to administer oath to K Ponmudy despite a stay of his conviction in a corruption case. TNN</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>
Meanwhile, chastised by CJI D Y Chandrachud’s strong words a day prior, Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi on Friday told Supreme Court that he never had any intention to overreach SC by refusing to administer oath to K Ponmudy despite a stay of his conviction in a corruption case. TNN</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Lok Sabha elections==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">===A===</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=05_06_2024_017_002_cap_TOI&#160; June 5, 2024: ''The Times of India'']</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File: The seats won by and the vote share of the various parties in the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 and 2024 in Tamil Nadu.jpg|The seats won by and the vote share of the various parties in the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 and 2024 in Tamil Nadu &lt;br/&gt; From: [https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=05_06_2024_017_002_cap_TOI&#160; June 5, 2024: ''The Times of India'']|frame|500px]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chennai : Forty out of forty. That’s what Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin told his party cadres last month, urging them to ensure that DMK and its allies win all the 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state and the one in neighbouring Puducherry. And INDIA bloc ticked all the 40 boxes.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
The big win in the threecornered fight gives credence to the alliance’s ideological bonding strengthened by the common opposition to BJP. It also leaves AIADMK and BJP, former electoral partners, in doldrums to rethink their strategies before the 2026 assembly election.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
While AIADMK’s unimpressive line-up failed to impress the electorate, BJP couldn’t do any better with its high-profile candidates like state president K Annamalai (Coimbatore), Union minister L Murugan (Niligirs) and former Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan (Chennai South). Ousted AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam, who contested in Ramanathapuram as an NDA-backed independent, lagged behind DMK ally IUML’s K Navaskani by a margin of more than 1.6 lakh (yet to be announced).
</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The counting gave some anxious moments to many candidates. After leading initially, BJP’s Tirunelveli candidate and MLA Nainar Nagendran fell by the wayside and Congress candidate Robert Bruce won by more than 1.6 lakh votes.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AIADMK ally and DMDK Virudhunagar candidate Vijay Prabhakar, maintained a lead over his Congress rival Manicka Tagore, who finally registered a thin margin of more than 4,000 votes. PMK’s Dharmapuri candidate and Sowmiya Anbumani (NDA) gave a tough fight to DMK’s A Mani before losing by a margin of 21,000 votes. At the end of counting, DMK’s Ganapathy Rajkumar was ahead of Annamalai by more than one lakh votes.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
Clearly, a divided opposition and a vitriolic anti-NDA campaign that centred on allegations of divisive-communal politics by BJP and Centre starving state of funds helped INDIA bloc’s success in TN. Stalin’s strategy to showcase his priorities of politics and governance helped win over the Tamil audience. In Puducherry, too, Congress candidate and sitting MP V Vaithilingam won, beating his BJP rival A Namassivayam by a margin of around one lakh votes.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
As soon as the trends showed INDIA bloc leading in most of the constituencies, Stalin visited his father M Karunanidhi’s memorial on Marina beach in Chennai and paid his respects. Later in the evening, Stalin said, “I know my height,” repeating his father’s famous words when asked about his aspirations and probability of his playing a role at the national level.
</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Stalin will leave for Delhi on Wednesday morning to take part in the INDIA bloc meeting. He thanked his alliance leaders and cadres for their efforts “to defeat fascism and to safeguard democracy and the Constitution”.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the DMK-led alliance bucked the national trend to win 38 seats in TN, leaving only the Theni seat to the then united AIADMK in the company of BJP, and grabbing the lone Puducherry seat as well. With the 2024 Lok Sabha poll victory in TN, Stalin has pulled off a hattrick with his successes in 2019 and 2021 (assembly election) after taking over the DMK reins. Party colleagues and allies say the victory is a referendum for Stalin’s governance.
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The opposition contest and campaign centered on “exposing” DMK and Stalin with attacks on their failure to keep the pre-poll promises and practicing corruption and dynasty politics. 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DMK minister Udhayanidhi Stalin sidestepped one such request during a rally in Dharmapuri recently, but possibly only because the baby already had what he thought was a timeless name</ins>: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rolex.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">TAMIL NADU: POLITICAL HISTORY]]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
Udhayanidhi’s party colleague Kanimozhi, seeking re-election from Thoothukudi, strategically picked the name Thamizachi for a baby whose parents had approached her while she was campaigning for DMK’s South Chennai candidate Thamizachi Thangapandian.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
AIADMK leaders, too, continue to embrace this tradition. In honour of former chief minister M G Ramachandran, leaders such as Dindigul Sreenivasan and Kancheepuram MP candidate E Rajasekar recently named newborns Ramachandran at different rallies.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>&#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">
DMDK’s Premalatha Vijayakanth, who has allied </ins>with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">AIADMK, is known to be an active advocate of the custom.
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