Tamil Nadu: AIADMK MP S Rajendran dies in road accident
India | Feb 23, 2019, 06:32 PM ISTAIADMK Lok Sabha MP S Rajendran died on Saturday after a car in which he was travelling rammed into a road median at Tindivanam near here, police said.
AIADMK Lok Sabha MP S Rajendran died on Saturday after a car in which he was travelling rammed into a road median at Tindivanam near here, police said.
Goyal also said that the BJP will contest on five seats in Tamil Nadu during the 2019 general elections. The two parties will fight the polls together in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Ending weeks of speculation and tottering on the brink, ruling allies BJP and Shiv Sena on Monday announced seat-sharing arrangement for the Lok Sabha and assembly elections, resolving to contest both together.
All 40 constituencies (39 Tamil Nadu and 1 Puducherry) are listed.
Congress, TMC, AIADMK and RJD staged walkout soon after Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad concluded his reply.
The actor refused to give his personal opinion on whether the saffron party is a "dangerous party" as he still not entered politics.
Despite the upheaval, Sarkar is continuing to mint money at the box office. It is gearing near to the coveted Rs 100 crore mark at the box office. The film released on November 6 and in a matter of few days, its ready to enter the 100-crore club.
Several party cadres on Wednesday protested outside various theatres in Tamil Nadu and indulged in damaging the banners of the film and cut-outs of Vijay. They also demanded certain scenes to be removed from the film.
Thanga Tamilselvan, one of the disqualified MLAs and a staunch supporter of sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, said the decision was "unanimous" and accepted with "joy" by all the 18 MLAs.
Kamal Haasan said that he would be contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections though he ruled out any truck with DMK and AIDMK, saying both these parties needed to be isolated.
No party had backed Tamil Nadu on the Cauvery issue when AIADMK lawmakers had stalled the Lok Sabha for nearly three weeks seeking the constitution of the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and the Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee (CWRC), he said.
The three-member delegation, led by TDP MPCM Ramesh, met Kanimozhi, DMK's Rajya Sabha member and party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter, and sought support to the motion to be moved during the coming monsoon session of Parliament.
A division bench of the Madras High Court, on June 14, had given split verdict on petitions challenging the disqualification of these legislators
While the Chief Justice of Madras High Court upheld the decision of Assembly Speaker to disqualify 18 lawmakers belonging to AIADMK last year ahead of trust vote, other judge disagreed with him.
Responding to reporters’ queries on Dhinakaran’s reported statement that Sasikala could be given a leadership role in AMMK, Jeyanandh said the RK Nagar MLA was “trying to change the identity” of Sasikala.
The state's ruling party said the protests by the DMK, its allies and friendly parties on the Cauvery issue were only aimed at spoiling the warmth between it and the BJP.
The arrival of the top two AIADMK leaders came as a surprise as the party had earlier said that barring them, all other leaders will take part in the fast.
Natarajan was admitted to the hospital on Saturday with severe chest infection and was put on ventilator support.
A statement issued here by the party's Coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and Joint Coordinator and Chief Minister K. Palaniswami asked party members not to have any contact with Palanisamy.
MDMK leader Vaiko urged the AIADMK to utilise the opportunity to put pressure on the BJP-led Central government to set up a Cauvery Management Board (CMB) if it needed support against the no-confidence motion.
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