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Have not invited Karti Chidambaram to join Tamil Maanila Congress, says GK Vasan

Putting rumours of him having invited Karti Chidambaram to join his newly revived TMC to rest, its chief G K Vasan said such news was totally false.

Rahul blocked Vedanta, Sonia ignored me: Jayanthi Natarajan's key allegations

Former UPA minister and veteran Congress leader Jayanthi Natarajan on Friday quit the party after what she terms was her repeated humiliation by a party that her family has served for four generations. "I cannot continue in this suffocation, I resign as a primary member of the Congress," she told media persons at a press conference this afternoon.

Jayanthi Natarajan's revolt shows Congress is imploding in TN: Advantage BJP

Jayanthi Natarajan's revolt against Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi's silence over her humiliation shows that the Congress is gradually imploding in Tamil Nadu. Modi's BJP is the obvious beneficiary of this gradual collapse of the party

Can BJP give Tamil Nadu's Dravidian parties a jolt in 2016? Possibly

The two Dravidian parties, AIADMK and DMK, have dominated Tamil Nadu politics for nearly 48 years since 1967. Can teh BJP inject itself in Tamil Nadu as the third force? The answer seems to be a cautious yes.

Karthi Chidambaram's sage advice: Is he right in telling high command to let TN Cong be?

Karthi is probably right to say that the state unit of Congress has to function like an autonomous local party and capture the imagination of the people.

Former Cong leader Vasan's to launch new party on 28 November

Hectic preparations are on by former Union Minister G K Vasan, who broke away from the Congress,and his camp for the launch of their new party on 28 November.

Formation of party will be turning point in TN politics: Vasan

Former Union minister GK Vasan, who quit the Congress, on Wednesday claimed his proposed Tiruchirappalli conference when he would announce the formation of a new party, would be a turning point in state politics.

Formation of new party will be turning point in state politics, says GK Vasan

Former Union Minister GK Vasan, who quit the Congress, on Wednesday claimed his proposed Tiruchirappalli conference when he would announce the formation of a new party, would be a turning point in state politics.

GK Vasan camp approaches EC to register new party Tamil Maanila Congress

With former Union Minister G K Vasan, who recently broke away from Congress, all set to launch his political party on 28 November, his representatives have approached the Election Commission to register the name for the new outfit.

Starting from scratch: What Vasan needs to do for his political survival

For Vasan, there’s hardly anything going right. Other than the former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Gnanadesikan and former MLA Peter Alphons, no prominent leader have left the Congress camp although his supporters claim that 28 out of the 32 district presidents are with him.