National Education Policy: Kamal Hasan, Kanimozhi oppose 'imposition' of Hindi
India | Jun 01, 2019, 10:07 PM ISTS. Ramadoss, founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), said Hindi should not be imposed in Tamil Nadu.
S. Ramadoss, founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), said Hindi should not be imposed in Tamil Nadu.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi fought from Wayanad and won in style. Kerala was one of only two states where Congress resisted the Modi Blitzkrieg.
As per the trends available from the counting centres, the DMK was leading in 21 places, the Congress in 8, CPI-M and CPI and VCK in two each and IUML in one seat.
Exit polls conducted by various agencies after the conclusion of Lok Sabha elections on Sunday predicted DMK to win major number of seats in Tamil Nadu.
The Opposition DMK in Tamil Nadu Thursday criticised the Election Commission for curtailing campaigning in West Bengal by 20 hours, throwing its weight behind West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.
According to sources, at least 10 IT officials raided the places owned by Kanimozhi on Tuesday night. DMK district secretary Geetha Jeevan's residence is also under the IT scanner, sources said.
In a video clip released just days before Tamil Nadu goes to polls, DMK supporters have decided to pay tribute to the show by explaining it with analogies from Tamil Nadu politics and multiple plotlines of Game of Thrones.
In the statement, Duraimurugan alleged he had been receiving information that attempts would be made to frame them to spoil Kadir Anand's chances in the Lok Sabha polls.
Addressing an election rally in this industrial city, they claimed the Goods Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation had broken the backbone of the country’s economy and leading to closure of small industries in the state, rendering thousands of workers jobless.
The pro-Dalit VCK has been given Villupuram and Chidambaram (SC) segments. The Vaiko-led MDMK has been allotted the Erode constituency.
The DMK has signed electoral alliance pacts with Congress (nine seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone Puducherry seat), IUML and KDMK (one seat each).
According to the agreement, KMDK will fight the election from DMK's 'Rising Sun' symbol, the release added.
The BJP will get 5 out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu while the AIADMK and others will get the rest.
Kanimozhi said that anyone who cares for Democracy, Federalism and Constitution must stand with the West Bengal chief minister.
Parliament has passed a Constitutional amendment providing for 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections in the general category.
Congress, TMC, AIADMK and RJD staged walkout soon after Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad concluded his reply.
"My stand is...post-election we'll decide. I made it very clear, we should not announce a candidate today," Naidu said at the "India Today Conclave South 2018" in New Delhi.
Posing questions to Rajinikanth in the name of an “innocent fan” of the popular star, DMK mouthpiece ‘Murasoli’ asked if the actor was not really behind posts as claimed by him, he should have then started a movement on the lines of rationalist leader, the late E V Ramasamy Periyar.
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.
Stalin has been admitted to Apollo Hospital where he underwent a surgery to remove a cyst from his right thigh.
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