Tamil Nadu election 2021 live news: MNM President Kamal Haasan campaigns in Chennai

Tamil Nadu election 2021 live news: MNM President Kamal Haasan campaigns in Chennai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s will hold a public meeting in Dharapuram on March 30. DMK president M K Stalin, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and leaders of the other parties in the secular front will participate in a public meeting in Salem on March 28. TNCC chief K S Alagiri, MDMK leader Vaiko, CPI’s R Mutharasan, K Balakrishnan of CPM, VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan, IUML leader K M Khader Mohideen and leaders of other allies will speak at the meeting. DMDK treasurer Premalatha Vijayakanth and candidate for Vridhachalam constituency in Cuddalore district underwent Covid-19 test on Wednesday afternoon after the party’s deputy general secretary and her brother L K Sudhish tested positive for Covid-19 infection. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Mar 25, 2021, 18:17:11 IST
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Tamil Nadu election 2021 live news: MNM President Kamal Haasan campaigns in Chennai
18:17 (IST) Mar 25

DMK chief MK Stalin during a roadshow amid scores of supporters in Gingee, Tamil Nadu (ANI)

DMK chief MK Stalin during a roadshow amid scores of supporters in Gingee, Tamil Nadu (ANI)
17:05 (IST) Mar 25

Former Kerala CM Oomaen Chandy campaigns for Coimbatore south candidate Mayura Jayakumar in the city on Thursday.

Former Kerala CM Oomaen Chandy campaigns for Coimbatore south candidate Mayura Jayakumar in the city on Thursday.
16:10 (IST) Mar 25

TN candidate promises moon trip, free 3-storey house with pool

Tamil Nadu political parties are the forerunners in promising freebies -- ranging from rice to washing machines. Taking this further is the 33-year-old journalist R.Saravanan, who as an independent candidate in the Madurai, South Assembly constituency, is literally promising the voters the moon apart from other promises. Saravanan has promised a 100-day trip to the moon, building a rocket launch centre and space research centre in Madurai South.

14:38 (IST) Mar 25

Tamil Nadu polls: MDMK volunteers campaign at sea, urge fishermen to vote for ally DMK's candidate

In a unique campaign in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) volunteers approached fishermen who were fishing at sea and urged them to vote for DMK candidate Muthuramalingam.

14:33 (IST) Mar 25

DMK president M K Stalin, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and leaders of the other parties in the secular front will participate in a public meeting in Salem on Sunday.

14:24 (IST) Mar 25

Tamil Nadu assembly polls: Pace picks up in Coimbatore south, national rivals find common foe in Kamal

Coimbatore South has turned into a closely watched assembly constituency, thanks to MNM chief Kamal Haasan’s foray. BJP national women’s wing president Vanathi Srinivasan , who is taking on Kamal, says the actor-politician is no match for her. Read more

13:28 (IST) Mar 25

'DMK may win 177 seats in Tamil Nadu; NDA gets Puducherry'

The DMK-led secular alliance may sweep the TN assembly polls with the bloc projected to win 177 of the 234 seats, a three-fourths majority, up from the 158 seats projected a fortnight ago. Read more

12:44 (IST) Mar 25

DMK president MK Stalin campaigns in Tiruvannamalai ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly polls

DMK president MK Stalin campaigns in Tiruvannamalai ahead of Tamil Nadu assembly polls
12:37 (IST) Mar 25

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigns for his party candidate at Madurai East constituency

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigns for his party candidate at Madurai East constituency
12:17 (IST) Mar 25

Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigns in Melur

12:16 (IST) Mar 25

DMK president MK Stalin campaigns in Tiruvannamalai

DMK president MK Stalin campaigns in Tiruvannamalai
12:15 (IST) Mar 25

Tamil Nadu polls: NTK leader Shiv Raman campaigns on bullock cart to protest fuel price hike

Ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) leader Shiv Raman on Thursday campaigned on a bullock cart to protest the hike in fuel prices. He was on his election campaign in the Thirumayam constituency of Pudukkottai district.

11:05 (IST) Mar 25

The DMK-led secular alliance may sweep the Tamil Nadu assembly polls with the bloc projected to win 177 of the 234 seats, a three-fourths majority, up from the 158 seats projected a fortnight ago: Poll

10:57 (IST) Mar 25

Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2021: Agri poll promises may not bear fruit

Both the Dravidian majors have been vying to woo the agrarian community this time by offering many assurances including increase of minimum support price (MSP), but many farmers in the Cauvery Delta Zone (CDZ) and neighbouring districts see it as yet another bait to net their votes. Read more

09:56 (IST) Mar 25

Artists dressed up as MGR pulls the crowd attention at Edappadi K Palaniswami's campaign in Othakadai

Artists dressed up as MGR pulls the crowd attention at Edappadi K Palaniswami's campaign in Othakadai
09:46 (IST) Mar 25

Rahul Gandhi, MK Stalin, allies to host meet on March 28

DMK president M K Stalin, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and leaders of the other parties in the secular front will participate in a public meeting in Salem on Sunday.

08:39 (IST) Mar 25

About three dozen bulldozers are clearing 70 acres along Udumalpet Road in Dharapuram in a hectic pace to get the place ready for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting scheduled for March 30.

08:37 (IST) Mar 25

Give report on Aadhaar ‘data misuse’: Madras HC to EC

The Madras high court on Wednesday chided the Election Commission over its failure to probe complaints about the Puducherry unit of the BJP illegally accessing Aadhaar data and using it to reach voters in the Union territory and asked it to file a report by March 26. Read more

08:30 (IST) Mar 25

My aunt said she was stepping aside for now, told me to take up Tamil Nadu assembly poll fight: TTV Dhinakaran

AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran says the decision to step aside from politics by his aunt V K Sasikala was her own and that no one forced her to take the call. He denied the BJP had forced her to step aside or tried to bring the AIADMK and the AMMK together. Read more

08:30 (IST) Mar 25

Tamil Nadu assembly polls: There’s no permanent CM, says O Panneerselvam

The divisions within the AIADMK came into the open when deputy chief minister and AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam asserted that there was no “dual leadership” in the party nor “a permanent chief minister”. Read more

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