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The 'promising' world of Tamil Nadu politics: From freebies to bans, here are some pre-poll pledges

Here are the significant and not-so-significant-but-absurd poll promises made by the major political parties for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2016.

Tamil Nadu 2016: CPI calls for a ban on opinion polls

CPI on Tuesday demanded that the Election Commission ban opinion polls, alleging that it is taken to favour a particular political party.

Tamil Nadu quiz: Amma, Captain or Kalaignar? Find your fit this election season

Tamil Nadu Assembly election is around the corner and the major players in the fray are DMK in alliance with the Congress, AIADMK, PMK, DMDK-PWF-TMC combine and the BJP.

Tamil Nadu 2016: This may be Amma’s chance to break the re-election jinx

Will Jayalalithaa score a hat-trick of electoral victories in Tamil Nadu and buck the trend to win her second consecutive term in office?

Split in anti-incumbency votes will not affect DMK's prospects, says Karunanidhi

DMK President M Karunanidhi on Thursday exuded confidence that alliances led by DMDK and BJP would not impact his party's prospects in the assembly polls.

Tamil Nadu polls: AIADMK's Jayalalithaa revises candidate list, replaces eight seats

AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa on Monday replaced eight candidates, fielding three ministers and a former cabinet colleague who had not been named earlier.

Tamil Nadu polls: Vaiko accuses Stalin of trying to split Vijayakanth's party DMDK

MDMK founder Vaiko on Wednesday accused DMK leader M K Stalin and his son-in-law of trying to split DMDK whose chief Vijayakanth faced a revolt in his party for his decision to align with an alliance of small parties and the Left.

DMK offered Rs 500 cr and BJP offered Parliamentary seat to alliance with Vijayakanth: Vaiko

On Friday MDMK leader V Gopalsamy, also known as Vaiko, alleged that the DMK and BJP had made offers, including money, to DMDK leader Vijayakanth, who had rejected them to join the People's Welfare Front (PWF) to fight the coming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

Twist in the Tamil Nadu tale: DMDK's Captain Vijayakanth is Left Front's CM candidate, says Vaiko

Vijayakant-led DMDK on Wednesday struck an alliance with the four-party People's Welfare Front for the May 16 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu with the actor-turned-politician being declared as the chief ministerial candidate of the alliance.

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2016: Vijayakanth's DMDK to contest solo, says he'll be king instead of kingmaker

Vijayakanth's declaration came against the background of sustained efforts by the DMK, BJP and People's Welfare Front PWF to rope DMK into their fold.