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Kamal Haasan slams TTV Dhinakaran's win in RK Nagar bypoll, says by-election was 'purchased'
• 7 years agoActor Kamal Haasan today alleged that money power was behind TTV Dhinakaran's win in the 21 December RK Nagar bypoll, drawing sharp rebuke from the sidelined AIADMK leader who accused the star of maligning voters.
DMK leader MK Stalin says AIADMK functioning like 'branch' of BJP in Tamil Nadu
Ians • 7 years agoMK Stalin said that the entire nation knows that the AIADMK party is functioning like a branch of BJP and is submissive to the latter, even though Chief Minister K Palaniswamy, in a bid to refute this, recently said that his party is not in alliance with BJP
2G spectrum scam verdict: 'Imaginary' losses vanished into thin air like phantom, says DMK
• 7 years agoThe DMK claimed that "imaginary" losses in 2G spectrum allocation have "vanished into thin air" like a "phantom" and the party has emerged as a giant
TTV Dhinakaran takes oath as MLA: Sidelined AIADMK leader becomes first Independent legislator from RK Nagar
Fp Staff • 7 years agoHaving clinched an emphatic win in the RK Nagar Assembly bypoll, sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran formally took charge as an MLA in the Tamil Nadu Secretariat on Friday.
TTV Dhinakaran takes oath as member of Tamil Nadu Assembly, disqualified MLAs, other supporters present at ceremony
• 7 years agoSidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, who secured an emphatic win in the 21 December RK Nagar bypoll, was on Friday sworn-in as member of the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
TTV Dhinakaran says VK Sasikala has taken 'vow of silence' in prison since Jayalalithaa's death anniversary
• 7 years agoSasikala is a "vow of silence" in the central prison here since the death anniversary of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on 5 December
RK Nagar bypoll result: AIADMK cracks whip against TTV Dhinakaran supporters; removes 44 party functionaries
• 7 years agoAIADMK continued to crack the whip against supporters of rival leader TTV Dhinakaran post its RK Nagar bypoll defeat, expelling 44 of them and relieving two others from party posts
After RK Nagar bypoll defeat, DMK forms panel to probe reasons for failure
• 7 years agoA day after badly losing the RK Nagar by-election, main opposition DMK on Monday constituted a three-member committee to identify the reasons for its failure in the high-stake contest.
O Panneerselvam says no Tamil Nadu minister met J Jayalalithaa during her hospitalisation
• 7 years agoTamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said no state minister met J Jayalalithaa during her hospitalisation and indicated that only her close aide VK Sasikala and her family had access to the late chief minister
RK Nagar bypoll: TTV Dhinakaran's massive victory proves AIADMK's EPS-OPS govt has failed the test
Tssudhir • 7 years agoIf there is one thing Dhinakaran's victory has confirmed, it is that the EPS-OPS government's expiry date is nearing. Since February, when EPS won the trust vote managed by keeping MLAs in captivity at the resort outside Chennai, the government has not faced an electoral test. RK Nagar was therefore seen as a mini-referendum on how the people of Tamil Nadu, more so in the state capital, perceived their government. The result shows EPS and OPS have failed the test.