'What is worrying other parties is those 10-11 year olds who come for his meetings will cross 18 in the next election. And they will vote for him, and then his vote bank will double.' 'In that case, he will be a very serious player! This is the real scare for other political parties.'
'He was able to push the AIADMK to the background.'
In a significant move, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham and the Communist Party of India-Marxist on Friday jointly announced that they have formed an alliance for next year's Lok Sabha elections.
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Promising a corruption free, honest and transparent administration in Tamil Nadu, the party said it would work for up-gradation of economic and social status of Tamils
In its petition, the Karnataka government called Jayalalithaa's acquittal as illegal.
Shihan Hussaini nailed himself to a cross and remained on it for 6.7 minutes.
'One quiver cannot have two different kinds of arrows.' 'The party cannot progress with two leaders.'
Several people posted scathing comments on social media to register their anger.
Jayalalaithaa said it has proved that she did no wrong and vowed to continue to work for the welfare of people of Tamil Nadu.
'Sometimes we use political pressure and sometimes political acumen to get what we want.'
Opposing the invitation extended to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Vaiko on Friday met Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh and demanded that the party should 'avoid' the presence of Mahinda Rajapaksa at Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony.
'Rajinikanth has fans in every political party. They will not change their mind because the BJP prints posters of him with Modi.'
A cake, special poojas and a slew of welfare activities marked the 67th birthday of Jayalalithaa.
'Last night someone threw stones at my house at 11 pm. My car was also smashed.'
Ruptures in the opposition unity emerged barely a week after 17 parties joined hands to put up a joint candidate against the ruling National Democratic Alliance nominee for the July 17 presidential election.
Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on a Dravida Munnetra Kazagham's leader's plea seeking removal of a public prosecutor from representing state in the Karnataka high court, which recently reserved verdict on an appeal of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case.
''He had given tools to fight all forms of homogenisation.'
'In 1983, my father T Rama Rao made Andha Kanoon with Rajinikanth.' 'Amitabh Bachchan was reluctant to come on board as a guest star, as Rajinikanth was a southern star.' 'But when my father pitched it to him, he came on board.' 'The movie ran for 200 days.'
There will be 2,364 counting halls as compared to 1,002 halls in 2016 in 822 assemble constituencies, a more than 200 percent increase, in view of the COVID guidelines, according to the Election Commission which had drawn flak from the courts over the conduct of polls during the pandemic.
PM Modi said the Centre was not consulted by the Jammu and Kashmir government.
The Jaya-Jaitley meeting poses more questions than answers -- and not just for the Tamil Nadu BJP.
The acquittal allows her to plan a new political path and also prepare her party for the assembly elections scheduled next year.
On July 25 too, the speaker had asked Mann not to attend the House till a decision was arrived at.
'The people of Tamil Nadu are fed up of these people, whether it is Panneerselvam or Palaniswami.'
The AIADMK's staying power is not in question, but it has to regain the winning streak. That will require its leaders and leadership to re-wire themselves, to be able to re-think situations in ways different from what they had been accustomed to, suggests Sathiya Moorthy.
AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa will be sworn in for the fifth time as Tamil Nadu chief minister on Saturday along with 28 ministers.
'The current impasse might be an occasion for Jayalalithaa's legal team to mull over what could have gone wrong with their strategy -- and where they could and should proceed from here,' says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Nine hundred and forty-seven people are said to have died in grief after J Jayalalithaa's demise on December 5. But how true is this claim?
Should Sasikala seek to follow Jayalalithaa's footsteps in the matter, and if at all she is not disinterested in keeping the twin posts together, the by-election to Jayalalithaa's constituency R K Nagar could be the starting point, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
'There are some castes that grab power, then pass on the benefits to those who belong to their own caste.'
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