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K Annamalai & Tamilisai's picture of 'unity' amid talks of rift in Tamil Nadu BJP unit

Both Annamalai and Tamilisai posted a picture of their meeting on X in an attempt to quell talk of discontent between them.

A viral video, blame game & clarification: It's open season on Tamil Nadu BJP leaders after poll setback

Tamilisai Soundararajan says her exchange with Amit Shah was reassuring after coming under attack for her remarks on state BJP leadership

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP confident of securing internal target in Tamil Nadu, says K Annamalai

The former IPS officer who is fighting the general elections on a BJP ticket from the Coimbatore seat, said, the party is confident of having achieved the internal target of 25 percent votes (or to cross 20 percent).

YouTuber Manish Kashyap: Hero in Bihar, 'villain' in Tamil Nadu?

Manish Kashyap, a YouTuber from Bihar who was arrested last year for circulating a fake news video on Bihari migrants being attacked in Tamil Nadu, has joined BJP.

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha elections: Former AIADMK stalwarts sweat it out in Ramanathapuram, Theni

The BJP strategy to gain influence in Tamil Nadu was to break the stranglehold of the Sashikala family on the AIADMK and have it led by a pliable Panneerselvam. It worked, but only in part.

Katchatheevu dispute: A proxy for wider battles

The question still remains: will the retrieval of Katchatheevu solve the fisherfolk’s grievances? Most likely not. The island is not resource-rich. The demand for retrieval is actually a proxy for the demand for the right to fish in Sri Lankan waters using trawlers.

Can PM Modi's aggressive push in Tamil Nadu challenge dominance of Dravidian parties?

The alliance between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) reflects a strategic move to counter the influence of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu.

Common enemy: Annamalai is the target for both DMK and AIADMK in Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha elections 2024: As the state chief of BJP, Annamalai not only took on DMK with his ‘DMK Files’, but was also critical of the party ally, AIADMK

Battle for 2nd spot? Why Tamil Nadu may be at crossroads of political churn

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha elections: Dominated by DMK and AIADMK since 1967, Tamil Nadu politics might at last be witnessing a churn with a determined push by BJP to claim the status of the only viable alternative to DMK

Can BJP reap political dividends from Narendra Modi's frequent visits to Tamil Nadu?

PM Narendra Modi's visit to Tamil Nadu signifies a strategic political maneuver by the BJP to fortify its position in the state.

Lok Sabha Election 2024: When in Tamil Nadu why PM Modi sings paeans on MGR and Jayalalithaa?

PM Modi's Tamil Nadu visit: PM Modi’s speech came at a time when the BJP unit in the state and AIADMK are attempting to poach leaders from each other.

Lok Sabha Elections: Why southern states are important to BJP's Mission 370

Lok Sabha Polls: The BJP is not in power in any state south of the Vindhyas but would want to do better in the Lok Sabha to counter plateauing, if any, of support in the Hindi heartland. During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won only 29 seats out of 129 seats in Southern India.

Lok Sabha polls: DMK begins seat allotment to allies

While the DMK’s long time ally, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) was allotted the Ramanathapuram segment in southern Tamil Nadu, the Dravidian party earmarked Namakkal constituency for the west-Tamil Nadu based partner Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi (KMDK).

Tamil Nadu: Actor Vijay's foray into politics — Whose cart will be upturned?

Vijay’s success in the crowded Tamil Nadu political field rests on whether he will be able to pull enough voters away from all the existing players to become a viable entity. He is counting heavily on the popularity of his films and his on-screen image among the youth

AIADMK is the bigger loser, by parting ways with the BJP

With no PM candidate and no national ally the party could face a rout in the general elections

BJP’s southern gameplan defies logic as it loses a long-time ally in Tamil Nadu

The BJP central leadership is betting big on its feisty state president K Annamalai, a former IPS officer, providing stronger opposition to the ruling DMK than what the weak AIADMK leadership is able to offer presently. But organisationally, it is the AIADMK that still has heft and the potential to bring numbers to the Lok Sabha for BJP

BJP, AIADMK did not cut ties for the first time

Both the parties had formed an alliance at the Centre between 1998 and 1999 and then again for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections