Jayalalithaa Raja

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  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.

• Jayalalithaa takes a dig at DMK chief Karunanidhi for fielding A Raja, Dayanidhi Maran

  AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa today lambasted DMK for fielding former Union ministers A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran, accused in 2G and Aircel-Maxis cases respectively.

• In Rajya Sabha polls today, Kanimozhi's re-election almost certain after Congress' support

  Tamil Nadu legislators will today elect six members to Rajya Sabha. DMK chief Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi's re-election has become almost certain after Congress pledged support of its six legislators.

• 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.

• CPI leader D Raja to file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls tomorrow

  CPI leader D Raja will file his nomination for the June 27 Rajya Sabha biennial elections from Tamil Nadu tomorrow.

• 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...

• Stung by Jayalalithaa, Chidambaram strikes back

  Reports that the Congress and Jayalalithaa may be flirting with the idea of an alliance have this to consider - the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu attacked one of the most senior ministers in the government today and demanded that he resign.Jayalalithaa called on the Prime Minister in Delhi today and then, during a press conference, she declared that...

• 'Raja could go the Batcha way:' Jayalalithaa

  Sadiq Batcha, a close business associate of former Telecom Minister A Raja, was found hanging in his home in Chennai on Wednesday.Here's a statement issued by AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa on Batcha's death:"The death under mysterious circumstances of Sadiq Batcha, a close associate of Andimuthu Raja, who was the main custodian of the former Union Te...

• AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa's statement

  In Tamil Nadu, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa claims to have established how a kickback of Rs 200 crore was paid to the DMK in return for favours delivered by DMK leader A Raja when he was Telecom Minister.  Here's the full text of her statement: Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister M Karunanidhi deserves to be complimented for one thing at least. When it c...

• Raja's only mistake was making mobiles affordable for poor: Karunanidhi

  For now, the DMK is standing by its man.Despite A Raja's arrest on charges as serious as criminal conspiracy, the DMK has expressed its confidence in his innocence. The DMK says Mr Raja, a massively popular Dalit leader, will remain Propaganda Secretary, a powerful position."The only wrong Raja committed was making mobile phones affordable to milli...

• Nothing short of JPC probe acceptable to AIADMK: Jaya

  AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa today said nothing short of a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum scam was acceptable to her party and claimed that former Telecom Minister A Raja's arrest showed that those backing him have now "accepted his guilt". "These parties had initially said Raja was not guilty. But they have now accepted his guilt, following his arr...

• 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...