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Decoding DMK’s loss in Tamil Nadu polls: Conspiracy theory or alliance math gone wrong?

Karunanidhi blamed the ADMK, the Centre and the Election Commission of conspiring to defeat the DMK in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu polls. In fact, the truth is far simpler; the DMK’s defeat can be attributed to an alliance math that went wrong.

Assembly election results: Here's what unfolded on counting day

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress and Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK seem set to retain power on Thursday as the BJP is on the road to victory in Assam and the Left appears to be making a comeback in Kerala.

AIADMK most corrupt in India: Ahead of Tamil Nadu polls, Amit Shah mounts scathing attack on Jayalalithaa

Goyal had recently said that Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was "inaccessible" and criticised the state government for not joining the Centre's UDAY scheme.

Tamil Nadu polls: DMK list of 173 nominees out; Stalin runs from Kolathur, Karunanidhi from Tiruvarur

Simla Muthu Chozhan, a new face, will be the party nominee who will take on Jayalalithaa in R K Nagar.

Tamil Nadu polls: A battle of senior leaders in Vedaranyam

While the ruling AIADMK has fielded party strongman and former Rajya Sabha member O S Manian, Congress has nominated industrialist and former MLA P V Rajendran.

Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi file nominations for 16 May Tamil Nadu Assembly polls

Jayalalithaa files her nomination from R K Nagar, where she is a sitting MLA. Karunanidhi files nomination from his native Tiruvarar, a constituency he wants to represent for a consecutive term in the 234-member state assembly.

Tamil Nadu polls: Shades of DMK promises in Congress manifesto for state election

Echoing many poll promises made by its key ally DMK, Congress on Wednesday released its manifesto, saying it would implement prohibition, end corruption and set up a Lokayukta, if the combine is voted to power, in the 16 May Assembly polls.

And so it begins: CM Jayalalithaa dubs DMK-Congress combine in Tamil Nadu as 'loot coalition'

In a fierce attack on DMK-Congress combine, AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa on Wednesday dubbed it a "loot coalition" by raking up a host of corruption charges against the two parties and asked the people to decimate them in the 16 May Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

Power politics: In run-up to Tamil Nadu polls, Javadekar launches attack on state govt over electricity

Escalating its attack on the AIADMK dispensation, Union Minister and BJP leader Prakash Javadekar on Thursday alleged the Tamil Nadu government was not opting for the Centre-led power reforms initiatives and was only interested in protecting those pilfering electricity.

Tamil Nadu polls: Karunanidhi keeps up the pressure, asks Jaya to answer Goyal

Continuing the war of words over Union Minister Piyush Goyal's accusation that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was "inaccessible", DMK president M Karunanidhi said on Wednesday that she should answer him rather than her ministerial colleagues pitching in.