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FOR HIS first political rally in Tamil Nadu after becoming the Prime Minister in 2014, Narendra Modi chose Coimbatore. For his first political engagement in the state after the Lok Sabha election schedule was announced, Modi again chose Coimbatore. When he held his road show in the town on Monday, it was the grandest such by the party in Tamil Nadu.
After several twists and turns, the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) of Tamil Nadu has finally decided to go with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Signalling a potential return to electoral politics, Tamilisai Soundararajan, the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) of Puducherry, tendered her resignation Monday. An official statement from her office confirmed that she had submitted her resignation to the President of India, amid reliable reports from the BJP leadership that she might contest from the largely urban Chennai South constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
THE ALL India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), once the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, got significant funding through electoral bonds, particularly from Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited (CSK) – whose parent company is India Cements – and few other entities within a narrow timeframe, specifically in early April 2019, around the last general elections.
The DMK, currently the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, was one of three parties which disclosed the names of its poll bond donors, according to the latest data put out by the Election Commission on Sunday.
The DMK and Congress may have stitched up their alliance in Tamil Nadu for the Lok Sabha polls without much of a problem, but for their national INDIA alliance, one sore point remains – abrasive comments from DMK leaders that end up putting the party’s northern allies in a spot of bother and the BJP on the offensive.
Ending its wait for a positive sign from former ally AIADMK, the BJP has reached out to rebel AIADMK leaders O Panneerselvam and TTV Dhinakaran. The move comes after AIADMK chief and former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami reiterated on Friday that his party would not reunite with the BJP.
The DMK has finalised seat-sharing agreements for nine Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha seats with its regional allies, aiming to replicate the alliance’s sweeping victory in 2019 when it won 38 of the state’s 39 parliamentary constituencies. Talks with INDIA bloc partner Congress, however, are still underway with the DMK repeating its 2019 offer of nine seats. Last time, the Congress won eight constituencies.