Politics
Politics

Will Udhayanidhi bring votes for DMK?

Chief Minister M K Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi is in the spotlight as he becomes the third generation politician in the family to become a minister in the State Cabinet. His ability to catch votes and keep the party united through organisational skills and good rapport with senior leaders will...

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Udhayanidhi
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Lack of follow-up Rahul Gandhi’s major failure

The BJP victory in Gujarat was of course widely expected, but the scale took everyone by surprise. Despite Morbi, corruption charges and all-round inefficiency, the party was returned to power with an increased number of seats in the assembly, topped up by a higher vote share than last time....

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Rahul Gandhi
Politics

Election results raise hope for DMK at Centre in 2024

The last round of elections in 2022 has given enough grounds for optimism to the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu which hopes to share power at the Centre in 2024. Though the results of the Gujarat Assembly elections have gone on expected lines, Congress wresting power from the BJP in Himachal Pradesh...

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Politics

PMK shifts planks from caste to Tamil nationalism

Close on the heels of the BJP changing its politics in Tamil Nadu from playing up Hindu-ness to now taking up Tamil Nationalism, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) too has switched to a Tamil nationalist platform from its earlier Vanniyar community plank, which did not fetch it any gains in the...

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Tamil Nationalism
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Vijay film Varisu sets off Tamils vs Telugus politics

Actor Vijay’s film Varisu has run into a couple of political problems even before its Pongal release — one interstate and the other within his own film fraternity in which real-life politicians hold the strings. As the Telugu festival Makar Sankranti falls on the same day as Tamils’ Pongal,...

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Vijay Film Varisu