When the police intervened to prevent the display of black flags, the protesters took to the streets and created blockades, leading to the detentions of those involved in the protest.
While attacks on Muslims and progressives have taken place in the state in the past, this time they appear to be coordinated and for the first time, target school-going minors.
Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 7
In a major downgrade for the Congress since the last Tamil Nadu elections, the DMK on Sunday allotted 25 seats to the Grand Old Party, which had
Bengal and Tamil Nadu on Owaisi s mind even as AIMIM looks at Karnataka next
Bengal and Tamil Nadu on Owaisi s mind even as AIMIM looks at Karnataka next
After his party, AIMIM, opening its account in municipal elections in three towns in Gujarat, Owaisi is in no mood to maintain social distancing from the assembly polls in Tamil Nadu and Bengal this summer.
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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (Photo: PTI)
Exactly five years ago, lyricist and then Rajya Sabha MP
Javed Akhtar had labelled Asaduddin Owaisi as a Hyderabad ke mohalle ka leader who thinks he is a national leader . In 2021, with victories in Maharashtra and Bihar polls under his belt, Owaisi is anything but a Charminar and Chandrayangutta leader.
Updated Mar 07, 2021 · 11:06 am File photo: Congress President Rahul Gandhi and DMK chief MK Stalin at the unveiling of M Karunanidhi s statue in Chennai. | PTI
Tamil Nadu Congress chief KS Alagiri on Sunday said that the party has signed a seat-sharing agreement with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and will contest in 25 Assembly seats, reported ANI. Alagiri also announced that the party will contest the bye-polls to the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat.
Elections to the 234-seat Tamil Nadu Assembly will be held in a single phase on April 6. The results will be announced on May 2. Besides the Congress, the alliance includes two Communist parties, the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, the Indian Union Muslim League and the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi.