Fresh friction between Governors and elected governments surfaced in Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Tuesday (20 January) as disputes over constitutional addresses dominated the opening of the year’s first Assembly sessions in both States.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the second phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, a process meant to verify and update voter lists by adding new voters and deleting ineligible ones.
Tamil Nadu Congress Legislative Party Leader and Killiyoor MLA S. Rajeshkumar has said the party’s MLAs and functionaries would urge the All India Congress Committee leadership to push for a coalition government in Tamil Nadu and seek more seats as a part of the DMK alliance in the 2026 Assembly election. In 2021, the party was allotted 25 seats in the DMK-led alliance.
Tamil superstar who recently turned politician Vijay has officially started his political journey by kicking off his campaign with a strong message aimed at the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu and BJP at the centre. His entry into politics is to be closely watched and his first campaign speech showed that he is ready to take on both state and national parties .
A BJP Vs BJP contest of Saran MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy Vs former Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan for control over the Constitution Club, which caters to MPs and former MPs in New Delhi, was decided in favour of Mr. Rudy after weeks of hectic campaigning that revealed interesting political alliances. Both were slugging it out for the post of secretary (administration).
The fight over Sun TV Network’s ₹24000 crore empire has pushed to the spotlight a bitter family feud that is now threatening the reputation of Tamil Nadu’s most prominent political party— DMK. .
Kamal Haasan, the actor-politician and founder of the Makkal Neethi Maiya (MNM) party, is set to enter the Rajya Sabha in the biennial elections to the Upper House from Tamil Nadu slated for June 19 with the backing of the ruling DMK here.
The Election Commission had on May 26 announced the poll schedule for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha — two seats from Assam and six seats from Tamil Nadu that fall vacant on June 14 and July 24, respectively.
