With the assembly polls only two years away, in 2026, any demoralising defeat in 2024, would challenge not only the party s continued relevance but also EPS s leadership, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.
The BJP has nothing to lose after a point.
For the DMK it is a difficult choice, as it would not want to give too much of space to a national party lest the Dravidian duel of the past decades should be lost forever, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
A Bengaluru court has dismissed the petition by the niece and nephew of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalitha seeking release of her properties seized by the authorities.
The latest move from Sasikala comes in the wake of the acquittal of three officials who were accused of providing her VIP treatment at the Central Prison of Parappana Agrahara.
V.K. Sasikala Natarajan, AIADMK ex-general secretary and close associate of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court to quash the case against her in connection with alleged VIP treatment .