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The DMK alliance, which has 97 MLAs, is hoping to bag at least 21 of the 22 by-poll Assembly seats to cross the majority mark and topple the AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu. Eighteen seats have already witnessed by-polls. Remaining four that will go to polls on May 19 will stand crucial for the AIADMK
 

Just after the Election Commission of India had ordered that campaigning in nine parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal must end by 10PM (Thursday, May 16), MK Stalin, chief of DMK, took to Twitter to express his displeasure. The BJP and the AIADMK have asked him to check for facts.

There never seems to be a dull day when it comes to Tamil Nadu politics. After allegations of the DMK being in talks with the BJP for a post-poll arrangement, DMK chief MK Stalin has said that he would quit politics if proved.

 

AMMK’s Thanga Tamilselvan has said that the party will win in the bypolls and will do their best in bringing down the ruling AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu

 DMK's Aravakkurichi by-poll candidate Senthil Balaji claimed MK Stalin would become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. AIADMK said he’s too insignificant to be spoken about

 

By cancelling the election in Vellore, the Election Commission has put the other candidates in a strange fix — they are happy that DMK's Kathir Anand is exposed. But they are unhappy that they have to spend money on the elections again.

Durai Murugan said the Election Commission has quite easily ignored the news on the distribution of cash for votes in Theni and at various other places
 

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has stated that a probe will be conducted into the death of Karunanidhi. He said that it is suspicious that Karunanidhi was unable to speak for about two years and suspected his son Stalin

Months after the Pollachi sexual assault shook the entire nation, and amidst political mudslinging, the Supreme Court has refused to entertain the petition seeking a court-monitored probe into the matter. Coimbatore Police have also registered a case against MK Stalin for spreading false information.

Tamil Nadu is all set to take on both, Lok Sabha and the bypolls at the same time. Campaigners across party lines have been using various issues of the state to their advantage, one such is the mystery surrounding the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa who died while undergoing treatment for two months. DMK chief Stalin has assured probe into the matter. However, the AIADMK points out that the DMK is using Jayalalithaa's name to gain advantage.
 

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and the by-polls in Tamil Nadu, the Election flying squad teams are on its toes conducting vehicular checks. The recent check on a DMK SUV in Chennai unearthed 270 voter identity cards. Seven people have been arrested.

Though it is claimed by the proponents of the Dravidian movement that it has worked for the betterment of the Dalits, critics of the movement say the Dravidian parties like the DMK and the AIADMK are only paying lip-service, relegating the Dalits as usual

Out of 39 Lok Sabha seats, the ruling AIADMK and the opposition party DMK will be contesting 20 seats leaving 19 seats for their allies

Tamil Nadu will begin its polling on April 18 where the fate of the state will be announced on May 23. The political parties in the state, the AIADMK and the DMK, have released the election manifestos. 

The ruling AIADMK and the opposition party DMK will contest from 20 seats in the state while the other 19 seats have been allotted to their allies