Tuesday, May 4, 2021,
Chennai
The DMK stormed back to power in Tamil Nadu after a gap of 10 years, with its president M K Stalin set to take over as chief minister on May 7 at a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. The DMK-led front won 159 of the 234 seats up for grabsin the April 6 elections, counting for which was taken up on May 2 and 3, 2021. The AIADMK had to bow out of power, coming down from 134 in the previous House to just 66 now. Edappadi Palaniswami submitted his resignation as chief minister.
Sunday, March 16, 2014,
Chennai
Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Monday released the list of AIADMK candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, retaining three sitting MPs — M. Thambidurai (Karur), Dr. P. Venugopal (Tiruvallur) and P. Kumar (Tiruchi), and giving tickets to eight former MLAs but largely going in for new faces with good academic qualifications. However, the Left parties are shocked.
