“Rajini and Kamal command huge fan following and their popularity is certainly a threat for not just the AIADMK and DMK but for all other parties in Tamilnadu. If they contest in elections, even if they are not able to win, they may make or break the fortunes of others.”
Author: M Bhaskar Sai
Come 24 December, it will be 31 years since Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, or MGR, breathed his last. But his fame, just like his watch that is still believed to be ticking in his grave, is still alive and active.
The statue, no doubt, was for M Karunanidhi. But the one who stood tall at its unveiling event and the subsequent public meeting Sunday, no doubt again, was M K Stalin.
“The switching over of Senthil Balaji from the AMMK to DMK was just like the first look of a film. Tamilnadu political arena should brace itself for the second look, teaser, single, audio launch and trailer before the release of the film being bankrolled and directed by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. It will be a true political thriller,” say sources aware of recent developments in the M K Stalin-led party.
A string of humiliations in the AMMK and a scintillating offer from the DMK made former Minister V Senthil Balaji switch over from the T T V Dhinakaran camp to the M K Stalin-led party, say sources in the know.
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By meeting UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi Sunday, DMK president M K Stalin has renewed his party’s ties with the Congress, taking the friendship forward to the next generation.
It was exactly on this day two years ago J Jayalalithaa was declared dead, after 75 days of hospitalisation. Her demise, besides leaving a huge void in the Tamilnadu political arena, also paved the way for many changes in her party – All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
The inaugural of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi’s statue at the party’s headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, in Chennai 16 December, will bring together Opposition leaders from across the country, including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.