MK Stalin s wife has been accused of paying women s self-help groups to canvass for him.
New Delhi/Chennai:
Top leaders of the opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), including MK Stalin and his son Udayanidhi Stalin, have been bribing voters in five constituencies of Tamil Nadu and must be disqualified for this, the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (AIADMK) has said in a complaint to the poll panel today. The party has also sought the cancellation of elections in these five constituencies. Tamil Nadu is scheduled vote in a new government tomorrow.
Apart from the DMK chief and his son, the complaint also seeks the disqualification of EV Velu, KN Nehru, and Durai Murugan. The five constituencies where it wants the polls stopped are Kolathur, Katpadi, Chepauk-Triplicane, Tiruchirapalli, and Tiruvannamalai.
AIADMK s Last-Minute Quota Deal Seals Alliance, Seat-Sharing Done Assembly election in Tamil Nadu: This was just one of the many wheels that began to turn or accelerated. The state goes to polls on April 6.
Updated: February 28, 2021 7:19 am IST
The PMK and AIADMK will begin seat-sharing talks on Saturday. (File)
Chennai:
Minutes before the Election Commission announced the poll schedule for five states, including Tamil Nadu, yesterday, the state Assembly cleared 10.5% reservation for the Vanniyar community in educational institutions and in the appointment of posts in government services. What was not reported then is that the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (AIADMK) also sealed a poll deal with the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), a party with strong roots in the community that the legislators had just favoured.
Shared laurels for two fronts in Idukki
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UDF does well in municipalities, grama panchayats, LDF in district panchayat
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Victorious LDF candidates being given a reception outside the counting centre in Nedumkandam in Idukki district on Wednesday.
UDF does well in municipalities, grama panchayats, LDF in district panchayat
While the Left Democratic Front (LDF) got an upper hand in the district panchayat here, the LDF and the United Democratic Front (UDF) equally shared the block panchayats in the district, four each, and the UDF bagged more grama panchayats in the local body elections held on December 8. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) improved its tally in the three-tier local bodies.