Jayalalithaa On Raja

• 

  BJP Fields Former AIADMK Minister's Son-In-Law Against Jayalalithaa

  BJP today fielded the son-in-law of a former AIADMK minister against Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the RK Nagar constituency for the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls on May 16.

• Battle 2014: Spotlight on Jayalalithaa's Tamil Nadu as nation votes in round 6

  Big names in the fray include Sushma Swaraj, A Raja and Mulayam Singh Yadav.

• Rajya Sabha elections: D Raja enters fray, hectic lobbying on in Tamil Nadu for actor Vijayakanth's support. Is there horse trading?

  With the Communist Party of India (CPI) nominating its sitting MP D Raja for a re-election to the Upper House, the electoral battle for Rajya Sabha turned interesting in Tamil Nadu.

• 2G scam: Opposition guns for Chidambaram; Govt in denial, says Jaitley

  Home Minister P Chidambaram is facing the heat from the Opposition and Left parties after a note from the Finance Ministry to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) suggested that Mr Chidambaram could have been more proactive as Finance Minister in 2007, when India's greatest scam was unleashed in 2008 by A Raja, who was then Telecom Minister.

• 2G scam: Jayalalithaa seeks explanation from PM, Sonia Gandhi on Raja's charges

  AIADMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has hit out at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chief Sonia Gandhi over the 2G spectrum scam. The AIADMK executive meet in Chennai demanded an explanation from Mrs Gandhi, Dr Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram on former Telecom Minister A Raja's remarks in court. "The entire nati...

• Govt has made itself a 'laughing stock': Jayalalithaa

  In Tamil Nadu, the political aftershocks of A Raja's arrest have been co-opted quickly into the campaign agenda of the Opposition. The state votes in three months.In Chennai today, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa said the arrest of the former Telecom Minister has convinced her that the government has "turned itself into a laughing stock by contradicting ...

• Jayalalithaa's statement on Raja arrest

  Hours after he was summoned to the CBI headquarters for questioning, former Telecom Minister A Raja was arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam.The Congress quickly asserted that the arrest of the DMK leader will not impact its alliance with Mr Raja's party in Tamil Nadu; the BJP focused on describing the action against Mr Raja as "to...

• Jayalalithaa's AIADMK fasts on A Raja's turf

  The 2G scam continues to be the most potent weapon in Jayalalithaa's arsenal against the government in Tamil Nadu.On Monday, members of her AIADMK began a hunger strike on Raja's home turf, Perambalur. Jayalalithaa lashed out at the Chief Minister for asking his party cadres to highlight scams allegedly involving her.She had also accused him of div...

• Now, Jayalalithaa presses for JPC probe

  AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today welcomed the Supreme Court's order to widen the 2G spectrum probe to include the NDA regime.In a statement she said, "Resignation of Raja is not the end of 2G controversy, it's just the beginning. The scam reached Himalayan heights during Raja's tenure, his predecessors and his nephew Dayanidhi Maran. So Maran should...

• 2G scam: PM refuses to comment on A Raja

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has returned to India from the G-20 summit in South Korea, in the midst of the raging controversy over Telecom Minister A Raja's role in the 2G spectrum scam.At a press briefing on board Air India One, the Prime Minister was asked what he was planning to do about Raja, to which he responded, "Parliament is in session. ...