With the possibility of her reentry into the ruling AIADMK party shut at least now, V.K.Sasikala, the close aide of Tamil Nadu s late Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on Wednesday announced her decision to keep away from politics.In a statement .
In a display of political civility, DMK president visited chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami in October after the latter’s mother passed away
CHENNAI: The balance of power has see-sawed between the DMK and the AIADMK for some five decades now in Tamil Nadu. But as we stumble and stagger into 2021 under the weight of the pandemic, actor Rajnikanth threatens to rewrite the state’s political screenplay that has been steeped in the rhetoric of Dravidianism, Tamil and caste identity, and welfarism.
The passing of M Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa had put DMK president M K Stalin and chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami of the AIADMK centre stage. All year the spotlights shone on them, with Stalin coming into his own after the DMK’s spectacular electoral success in the previous year’s Lok Sabha elections and Palanisami tightening control over the AIADMK and the state administration. But as the year was ending, Rajinikanth finally decided to make an entry in politics and now all