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For the six vacancies from Tamil Nadu, there were seven valid nominations. One of them, DMK's backup candidate, NR Elango had withdrawn, which left six nominees in the fray for the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha

While DMK leader Kanimozhi lashed out at the Central government over the railways enrolling manual scavengers, BJP leader and Supreme Court advocate Ashwini Upadhyay termed her claims as "baseless accusation".

NR Elango, DMK’s back-up candidate for the Rajya Sabha poll has withdrawn his nomination. Elango had filed the nomination as a back-up for MDMK founder Vaiko at the MDMK leader's insistence to the DMK in this connection
 

The move by the DMK came after Vellakoil MP Saminathan, who was the previous youth wing state secretary resigned from the post and paved the way for appointing Udhayanidhi Stalin to the position

The Supreme Court has deferred the plea of the DMK and the TTV Dhinakaran factions to disqualify 11 MLAs for voting against the confidence motion moved by Tamil Nadu chief minister in Feb 2017.
 

Several DMK MLAs and party workers condemned Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi's remarks with respect to the Tamil Nadu water crisis and demanded that the Centre immediately recall her

While the ruling AIADMK has 123 members, the MK Stalin-led DMK has 100 MLAs in the 234-member House.

Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami vowed that the ruling AIADMK will bounce back from the drubbing, referring to the Assembly polls due in 2021

Nishikant Dubey of the BJP triggered a row in the House as he accused the Congress of toeing Pakistan founder MA Jinnah's ideology during his remarks on the issue of illegal immigrants in the country

According to a statement from Stalin, party trade union leader M Shanmugam and senior advocate P Wilson are the nominees for the biennial election, slated on July 18.

In an audio clip, Tamilselvan reportedly criticised Dinakaran's leadership which prompted the party founder to replace Tamilselvan with another suitable party candidate.

Former member of the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) Thanga Tamilselvan has now joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) amidst rumours of rejoining the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)

 

The Congress is facing a tough time in the state of Tamil Nadu. Recently, senior DMK leader from Trichy and former Minister KN Nehru, speaking at a meeting, said that the DMK should go it alone in the forthcoming local body elections in the State.

The DMK had moved against the Speaker after he had served notices to three AIADMK MLAs siding with the rival leader, AMMK founder TTV Dhinakaran. The resolution is likely to be taken up on July 1
 

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin and party workers have taken to the streets in Chennai against the government’s alleged inaction in tackling the water crisis that is rampant in the state as well as the city