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After the CPI(M)’s defeat, part secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said that the Left respects the decision of the people in Kerala

 

DMK chief MK Stalin can certainly take credit for the party's lead in 37 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu. With Modi's victory at the Centre, and AIADMK's chances of scraping through the possible floor test crisis post the bypolls, DMK's victory may just be bitter-sweet.

While the future of the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu and Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka hangs in balance, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu is looking at focusing on national politics at this point in time. All eyes are on Lok Sabha election results to be announced on May 23.
 

Aside from the commonsense logic, the EVM bashing has been going on for long. Rahul Gandhi's backers say that he did point that he had reservations with the EVMs even when the Congress won in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan December last

When the leader of the main opposition, Rahul Gandhi, even before the official results are out, begins complaining, it comes across as a loser looking for excuses. Opposition parties are now looking to congregate, keeping the Congress at bay.

 DMK candidate for Aravakurichi Assembly by-poll V Senthil Balaji claimed that the AIADMK was brazenly flouting rules and the police have done nothing to stop them

 

Terror outfits have already threatened to boycott polls. Coincidentally the 17th day of Ramzan is on May 23, and even in past militants have chosen the 17th day of Ramzan, which is also the day of the battle of Jang-e-Badr, to attack security installations in the Valley.
 

West Bengal is not exactly new to political violence. In the 1960s, the Left and Congress workers used to have a go at each other on the streets of the state. Left goons were notorious for their high-handed ways. But Mamata Banerjee came to power promising 'poriborton' (change.) The events all through the election season, however, have proved that there is no real break from the past

National swimming champion MB Balakrishnan died after coming under the wheel of a concrete mixer truck. The pillion who was riding with him escaped unhurt.
 

The seats going to the polls are 13 each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine in West Bengal, eight each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and one in Chandigarh

The BJP has been systematic in its approach, and was never in a hurry in the eastern zone, say longtime political watchers. It began earnestly in the late 1990s, and it went about its task with the sincerity of a monk, says a Bengali journalist

Reports suggest that a fresh cast will be roped in for a sequel to 2007 film Bhool Bhulaiyaa that featured Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan in lead roles.

Sivakasi MLA representing AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, KT Rajenthra Bhalaji, said that Kamal Haasan's tongue must be cut off for terming Nathuram Godse as first Hindu terrorist of the country

KCR's impending meeting with Stalin is however triggering a lot of curious views, as the DMK has been the most unshakeable ally of the Congress. For it to agree to a close-door meeting with a suitor whose intentions are not clear is bound to make the Congress feel uneasy

At the moment, on paper, the AIADMK has 114 MLAs in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly. It would require at least four more MLAs to stay put in power. Apart from having to win a minimum of four more MLAs, the AIADMK also has the tough task of keeping its MLAs under control