Vaiko  

MDMK general secretary Vaiko was recently elected to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu. He said 'Kashmir will not be a part' of the country when the centenary of its independence is celebrated. 

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president KS Alagiri slammed Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief Vaiko for criticising the Congress when the issue of Article 370 was raised in the Rajya Sabha
 

While Tamil Nadu's MDMK, AIADMK and the DMK leaders took oath as the Rajya Sabha MPs, PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss did not swear-in on Thursday (July 25)

BJP president for Tamil Nadu Tamilisai Soundararajan stated that MK Stalin and the allies of the DMK are hellbent on maligning the image of the party.

 

Speaking to media, MDMK chief and Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko objected to the usage of Hindi language in the Parliament and claimed that former Prime Ministers would debate only in English in the House

Vaiko said the special court for trial of MPs and MLAs had erred in its interpretation of 124 A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) with regard to the words he had spoken in support of the banned LTTE

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 One of them, DMK's backup candidate, NR Elango had withdrawn, which left six nominees in the fray for the biennial elections to Rajya Sabha

NR Elango, DMK’s back-up candidate for the Rajya Sabha poll has withdrawn his nomination.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 special court judge J Shanthi sentenced Vaiko. Meanwhile, Vaiko's lawyer has approached the court to suspend the sentence under CrPC 389, that allows suspension of sentence pending an appeal by a convicted person.

 

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

DMK will be contesting from all the Chennai constituencies and Vaiko-led MDMK will be contesting from Erode in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha election

Tamil Nadu BJP president Tamilisai Soundararajan has hit back at MDMK chief Vaiko. Tamilisai asked what the Congress and DMK have done for the country

During PM Narendra Modi's visit to Madurai, MDMK chief Vaiko staged a protest near Periyar bus stop accusing Modi of betraying the interests of Tamil Nadu.

PM Narendra Modi will fly to Thrissur in Kerala from Madurai to address the next public rally.