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Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Thursday urged President Ram Nath Kovind to accept the recommendation made by the state government in 2018 and remit the life sentences of the seven Rajiv Gandhi assassination case convicts and direct their immediate release. The convicts have been undergoing the agony of imprisonment for the past about three decades and the state has been demanding their early release, he said.
A majority of political parties have been requesting remission of the remainder of their sentences and their immediate release. It is also the will of the people of Tamil Nadu, Stalin said in a letter addressed to Kovind. The letter, dated May 19, was made available to media outlets on Thursday. V Sriharan alias Murugan, his wife Nalini, Santhan, A G Perarivalan, Jayakumar, Robert Payas and P Ravichandran are the seven convicts.
From jaggery farmer to Tamil Nadu CM, Edappadi K Palaniswami is no pushover
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As D-Day dawned, few politicians could have sworn they had a restful night. Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami is most likely to have been one of them. Unflustered, almost naïve in his optimism and quietly confident, the chief minister had immense faith in himself.
With the DMK’s victory in the assembly election, an unfazed Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami Palaniswami is likely to focus his energies on another battle
(This story originally appeared in on May 03, 2021)CHENNAI: As D-Day dawned, few politicians could have sworn they had a restful night. Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami is most likely to have been one of them. Unflustered, almost naïve in his optimism and quietly confident, the chief minister had immense faith in himself.
With the DMK’s victory in the assembly election, an unfazed Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami Palaniswami is likely to focus his energies on another battle
CHENNAI: As D-Day dawned, few politicians could have sworn they had a restful night. Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami is most likely to have been one of them. Unflustered, almost naïve in his optimism and quietly confident, the chief minister had immense faith in himself.
After the death of former AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa in December 2016, and his fortuitous climb up the political ladder, EPS, as he is popularly known, has rarely looked back – nor down.
With the DMK’s victory in the assembly election, an unfazed Palaniswami is likely to focus his energies on another battle – to take control of the AIADMK. While he failed to defeat DMK president M K Stalin in the race for chief ministership, EPS may well manage to checkmate more dangerous foes like his former benefactor and Jayalalithaa’s close aide, V K Sasikala and he
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday attacked the DMK-Congress combine over corruption and dynasty and said only the AIADMK-BJP alliance can protect those who believe in the culture of Tamil Nadu. Speaking to reporters after attending a road show here in support of BJP s Thousand Lights candidate Khushbu Sundar for the April 6 Assembly elections, the senior leader appealed to the people of the state to ensure a double engine government for Tamil Nadu s development. AIADMK, BJP and PMK are facing the polls as allies under the NDA banner. Only the AIADMK-BJP alliance can protect Tamil Nadu s fishermen, unemployed youth, women and all those having faith in Tamil Nadu s culture, he said and appealed to the voters to choose the NDA candidates with a massive majority.
The Election Commission on Saturday informed the Kerala High Court that three Assembly constituencies bordering Tamil Nadu will be sealed on the day of the state assembly elections on April 6. The EC said central forces would also be deployed in problematic booths in the three constituencies Udumbanchola, Peerumedu and Devikulam Assembly seats in Idukki district. A submission in this regard was made when the court considered the petition filed by UDF candidates of these constituencies, seeking a direction to the Commission to seal the entry points of the constituencies through which vehicles enter through Tamil Nadu border and deploy central forces for protection in the problematic booths there.