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The Assembly secretariat issued the vacancy notification on January 11 and by-elections have to be mandatorily held for the seat within six months of notification.Demi
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Among the first-time MLAs were Udhayanidhi Stalin, T. Ramachandran and Thirumagan Evera, who are sons of DMK president M.K. Stalin, Congress MP Su. Thirunavukkarasar and Congress leader E.V.K.S. Elangovan respectively
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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin being welcomed on his arrival at the Assembly | Photo Credit:
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Among the first-time MLAs were Udhayanidhi Stalin, T. Ramachandran and Thirumagan Evera, who are sons of DMK president M.K. Stalin, Congress MP Su. Thirunavukkarasar and Congress leader E.V.K.S. Elangovan respectively
A total of 223 of the 234 newly-elected members took oath as legislators of the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly at the Kalaivanar Arangam on Wallajah Salai, Chennai on Tuesday. Ten members, including Tourism Minister M. Mathiventhan and Minister for Backward Classes Welfare S.S. Sivasankar did not take the oath owing to personal and medical reasons.
Congress hopes to improve strike rate in Tamil Nadu
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From a strike rate of more than 70% in the 2006 assembly poll, the Congress’s strike rate had fallen below 10% in 2011 and was less than 20% in 2016. The low strike rate was one reason why the DMK was initially not willing to spare more than 20 seats.
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(This story originally appeared in on Apr 03, 2021)More than getting a certain number of seats in the DMK alliance and distributing it to party functionaries without hiccups, the single biggest problem for the Congress in TN is how to improve its dismal strike rate.