Not many are aware of a dramatic shift in the stand of the DMK regarding conduct of bypolls due in Tamil Nadu. DMK president M K Stalin’s statement in this regard has come as a surprise. W When the Tiruvarur bypoll, scheduled for January 28, was put off by the...

The Election Commission was once respected as a constitutional, neutral body, with at least some pretence to be fair and apolitical. However, its actions relating to Tamil Nadu continue to raise eyebrows. Right from the time the EC took its time to hold the RK...

The PMK’s endorsement of the Governor’s address to the State Assembly on January 2 (which is actually a text prepared by the cabinet of the AIADMK government, in effect CM Edappadi Palaniswami’s speech) has sent signals of a renewal of ties between the two parties,...

While everyone in Tamil Nadu is looking forward to the verdict in the Tiruvarur by-election on January 31, the result may not reflect the real strengths of the major parties in Tamil Nadu, for various reasons. For long, bypolls have seen massive misuse of official...

A beleaguered AIADMK, which originally wanted to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls with only a few minor allies, and not align with the BJP, has succumbed to the pressure mounted by the saffron party and agreed to an alliance for the LS elections. The AIADMK wanted...

The defection of Senthil Balaji from the TTV Dinakaran camp to the DMK has come as a shock to the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu as this is the first case of a member of the AIADMK family to join the DMK in recent times. The refrain of the AIADMK ever since the party...

The 2014 DMK strategy of going it alone, jettisoning the Congress, its ally from 2004, proved disastrous for the Dravidian party as it drew a blank while its rival, the AIADMK walked away with 37 of the 39 Lok sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. On December 11, DMK...

Congress 3, BJP 0. This amazing scorecard of the elections to five States on December 11 has opened up the fight for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a totally new frontier, with the Congress delivering a death-blow in the Hindu, Hindi heartland of Rajasthan, Madhya...

The results of the elections to three States – MP, Rajasthan and Chhatisgarh – may have brought the Congress back to power and at the forefront  of the struggle to dislodge the BJP from power at the Centre, but an analysis of the voting trends shows that the...

The results of the elections to Assemblies of five States, particularly Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, could come as a big jolt to the BJP not just in terms of the possible loss of power in at least two States but could trigger a more serious loss of...

In a re-affirmation of DMK’s commitment to be part of a front against the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, DMK president M K Stalin and his sister Kanimozhi called on Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Sunday, ostensibly to wish her on her birthday, but more...

The havoc caused by the cyclone has come as a challenge to AIADMK government but is a boon for the ruling AIADMK which has been looking for some opportunity to put off 20 by-elections in Tamil Nadu. The Chief Election Commission had said recently that by-elections...

Much as actor Rajinikanth tries to cover up his BJP tag, the issue keeps cropping up every now and then, blocking the growth of his political party. His statement a few days ago indirectly praising PM Narendra Modi is the latest in the saga of the actor taking one...

An architect of the 1996 United Front government at the Centre, N Chandrababu Naidu, is reviving the formula to form a coalition government that could oust the BJP from power. As in 1996, Chandrababu Nadu has met two southern stalwarts, H D Deve Gowda of the JD(S)...

M K Stalin has been able to take over the Karunanidhi legacy in a much easier  manner than many people have thought. However, his leadership is now under test with Tamil Nadu set for 20 to 24 Assembly by-elections in the next few months. Having missed the...

For actor-turned politician, Rajinikanth, the dreaded moment has come much earlier than he expected. His worst fears of being at the receiving end of the main parties in Tamil Nadu have already come true, with a stinging Murasoli article describing him as a puppet...

To be or not to be, was the famous Hamletian question. To align or not to align, is the dilemma that Kamal Haasan faces, even as his party, Makkal Needhi Maiam is getting ready to contest the forthcoming bypolls to  20 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. The...

The ruling AIADMK is seeking to isolate rebel leader TTV Dinakaran, by seeking to disqualify four more party MLAs who are his supporters. The AIADMK, emboldened by the recent High Court order disqualifying 18 MLAs who are supporters of Dinakaran, wants to crush the...

The AIADMK Edappadi government  may have got a breather through the disqualification of 18 MLAs but it will have to face a major political challenge in the form of 20 by-elections which will amount to a mini general election which can make or break the AIADMK...

The verdict of the third judge, Justice Sathyanarayanan, upholding of the disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs, has come as a shot in the arm for the ruling AIADMK and its chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami. The AIADMK government, which has moving from one crisis to...

Most people think that the Edappadi Palaniswami government will fall once the 18 AIADMK MLAs (T T V Dinakaran supporters) win their case against the disqualification order issued by the Speaker in 2017. However, the AIADMK government has the P H Pandian formula up...

Just as students not ready to take on the examinations make a claim of fever to avoid the tests, the ruling AIADMK has yet again demonstrated ‘Poll Fever’ barely a day before the dates for the Tiruparankudram and Tiruvarur by-elections were to be announced by the...

Deputy Chief Minister and AIADMK co-ordinator, confirming the news of his meeting with rebel leader T T V Dhinakaran, said he was loyal to the party and had no plans to oust Edappadi Palaniswamy and take over the chief ministership of the State. At a hastily...

Even as the ruling AIADMK government has set in motion plans to get four MLAs including Karunas to be disqualified to try and create an artificial majority in the Assembly, the party is rocked by speculation of a patch-up with rebel leader T T V Dhinakaran and...

A statue of the late Kalaignar Karunanidhi is being made ready for installing at the DMK headquarters, Anna Arivalayam. But what about reinstalling his statue again, at the Anna Salai – General Patters road junction, where it stood once, is the question raised now....