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TTV Dhinakaran To Launch Party After A Year Of Turmoil In AIADMK
TTV Dhinakaran, the nephew of VK Sasikala who recently won the by-election to Chennai's RK Nagar - the seat represented by Tamil Nadu's iconic leader J Jayalalithaa - will launch his party on March 15. The programme, where the name and the flag of the party will be unveiled, will take place in Madurai, the political capital of Tamil Nadu, which saw...
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AIADMK Expels Over 150 Office Bearers In Two Tamil Nadu Districts
Continuing with the crackdown on dissidents in the wake of its RK Nagar by-election defeat, the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu today removed its Coimbatore Lok Sabha MP from a key party post, while expelling more than 150 office bearers there and in Kancheepuram district.
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Cash May Have Skewed RK Nagar By-Poll? Chief Election Commissioner's Rare Admission
In an acknowledgement that some candidates in RK Nagar by-elections may have outsmarted the election body, Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat told NDTV that the commission needed to take "a very comprehensive look at the whole system of preventing abuse of money" after the by-election in Chennai.
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TTV Dhinakaran On Victory March At Chennai's RK Nagar
Hundreds of people came out on the streets of RK Nagar in Chennai as their newly elected legislator TTV Dhinakaran went on a victory march on former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's home turf. In the recent by-election, he defeated the ruling AIADMK by 40,000 votes. Music, drum beats and dance were present along his route as he returned to the const...
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DMK Forms Panel To Probe RK Nagar By-Poll Defeat
A day after the party fared poorly in the RK Nagar by-election, main opposition DMK today constituted a three-member committee to identify the reasons for its failure in the high-stake contest.
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Day After Big RK Nagar Loss, AIADMK Expels 6 Dhinakaran Loyalists
After a meeting of top leaders to analyse Sunday's humiliating defeat in the RK Nagar by-election, Tamil Nadu's ruling party the AIADMK has expelled six senior functionaries, calling them "betrayers" for supporting sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. Mr Dhinakaran contested as an Independent candidate and won RK Nagar, the assembly seat of former chie...
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Team Dhinakaran Expects A Comeback After Thumping RK Nagar Victory
With the massive 40,000-vote victory over Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK in Chennai's RK Nagar, the TTV Dhinakaran camp is expecting a reversal of its fortune.
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BJP Gets Fewer Votes Than NOTA In RK Nagar By-Poll
The by-polls in Chennai's RK Nagar, which was sweeped by TTV Dhinakaran, was expected to be a three-cornered contest between the DMK, AIADMK and its sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. What came as a surprise was an unlikely battle for the fifth place, between BJP candidate K Nagarajan and the NOTA or none of the above button.
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"People Of RK Nagar Have Elected Amma's Successor," Says TTV Dhinakaran
With early trends indicating a huge lead for TTV Dhinakaran in the RK Nagar bypoll, the sidelined AIADMK leader today said it showed that people want a change of regime.
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Setback Likely For MK Stalin As DMK Trails At No.3 In Key RK Nagar By-poll
In what seems like a setback for the opposition DMK and their leader MK Stalin, who campaigned hard ahead of the by-election in Chennai's RK Nagar, VK Sasikala's nephew TTV Dhinakaran has taken an early lead as votes are being counted today for the key constituency that fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa ...
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'Palaniswami Government Will Fall In 3 Months', Says TTV Dhinakaran
Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Sunday won the critical by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar, the seat that was held by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa till her death in December last year. He defeated his AIADMK rival E Madhusudhanan by a large margin of votes, serving a huge blow to Tamil Nadu's ruling party.
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RK Nagar By-Election Result Highlights: AIADMK blames Dinakaran-Stalin Pact For RK Nagar Fiasco
The result of the by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly constituency, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, were declared today. Independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran, who was sidelined from the AIADMK by the EPS and OPS faction, won the prestigious and much-sought-after RK Nagar as...
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DMK's Candidate In Chennai's RK Nagar By-Polls Is A Local Resident
In selecting Marudhu Ganesh, also known as NM Ganesh, as its candidate, the DMK had hoped to send a message to the party cadre that ordinary workers too could rise to important positions in the party. Mr Ganesh comes from a family of DMK card holders; his mother was a municipal councilor between 1996 and 2001 when DMK working president M.K. Stalin ...
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AIADMK Candidate In RK Nagar By-Poll Is E Madhusudhanan, An OPS Loyalist
AIADMK's E Madhusudanan, the only candidate in the race for the prestigious RK Nagar constituency in Chennai, to have won an election from this seat earlier. This was 20 years ago, in 1991, when he was inducted into party's patriarch J Jayalalithaa cabinet as the handloom minister.
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TTV Dhinakaran, The Ex-Boss Of The AIADMK Left Out In The Cold
TTV Dhinakaran, 54, was pulled out of the cold and handed the reins of the party this February when his aunt, VK Sasikala - headed to a Bengaluru jail to serve her jail term - decided to run the party by remote control.
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TTV Dhinakaran To Launch Party After A Year Of Turmoil In AIADMK
TTV Dhinakaran, the nephew of VK Sasikala who recently won the by-election to Chennai's RK Nagar - the seat represented by Tamil Nadu's iconic leader J Jayalalithaa - will launch his party on March 15. The programme, where the name and the flag of the party will be unveiled, will take place in Madurai, the political capital of Tamil Nadu, which saw...
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AIADMK Expels Over 150 Office Bearers In Two Tamil Nadu Districts
Continuing with the crackdown on dissidents in the wake of its RK Nagar by-election defeat, the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu today removed its Coimbatore Lok Sabha MP from a key party post, while expelling more than 150 office bearers there and in Kancheepuram district.
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Cash May Have Skewed RK Nagar By-Poll? Chief Election Commissioner's Rare Admission
In an acknowledgement that some candidates in RK Nagar by-elections may have outsmarted the election body, Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat told NDTV that the commission needed to take "a very comprehensive look at the whole system of preventing abuse of money" after the by-election in Chennai.
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TTV Dhinakaran On Victory March At Chennai's RK Nagar
Hundreds of people came out on the streets of RK Nagar in Chennai as their newly elected legislator TTV Dhinakaran went on a victory march on former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's home turf. In the recent by-election, he defeated the ruling AIADMK by 40,000 votes. Music, drum beats and dance were present along his route as he returned to the const...
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DMK Forms Panel To Probe RK Nagar By-Poll Defeat
A day after the party fared poorly in the RK Nagar by-election, main opposition DMK today constituted a three-member committee to identify the reasons for its failure in the high-stake contest.
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Day After Big RK Nagar Loss, AIADMK Expels 6 Dhinakaran Loyalists
After a meeting of top leaders to analyse Sunday's humiliating defeat in the RK Nagar by-election, Tamil Nadu's ruling party the AIADMK has expelled six senior functionaries, calling them "betrayers" for supporting sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. Mr Dhinakaran contested as an Independent candidate and won RK Nagar, the assembly seat of former chie...
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Team Dhinakaran Expects A Comeback After Thumping RK Nagar Victory
With the massive 40,000-vote victory over Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK in Chennai's RK Nagar, the TTV Dhinakaran camp is expecting a reversal of its fortune.
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BJP Gets Fewer Votes Than NOTA In RK Nagar By-Poll
The by-polls in Chennai's RK Nagar, which was sweeped by TTV Dhinakaran, was expected to be a three-cornered contest between the DMK, AIADMK and its sidelined leader TTV Dhinakaran. What came as a surprise was an unlikely battle for the fifth place, between BJP candidate K Nagarajan and the NOTA or none of the above button.
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"People Of RK Nagar Have Elected Amma's Successor," Says TTV Dhinakaran
With early trends indicating a huge lead for TTV Dhinakaran in the RK Nagar bypoll, the sidelined AIADMK leader today said it showed that people want a change of regime.
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Setback Likely For MK Stalin As DMK Trails At No.3 In Key RK Nagar By-poll
In what seems like a setback for the opposition DMK and their leader MK Stalin, who campaigned hard ahead of the by-election in Chennai's RK Nagar, VK Sasikala's nephew TTV Dhinakaran has taken an early lead as votes are being counted today for the key constituency that fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa ...
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'Palaniswami Government Will Fall In 3 Months', Says TTV Dhinakaran
Sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Sunday won the critical by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar, the seat that was held by former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa till her death in December last year. He defeated his AIADMK rival E Madhusudhanan by a large margin of votes, serving a huge blow to Tamil Nadu's ruling party.
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RK Nagar By-Election Result Highlights: AIADMK blames Dinakaran-Stalin Pact For RK Nagar Fiasco
The result of the by-election for Chennai's RK Nagar assembly constituency, which fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa last December, were declared today. Independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran, who was sidelined from the AIADMK by the EPS and OPS faction, won the prestigious and much-sought-after RK Nagar as...
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DMK's Candidate In Chennai's RK Nagar By-Polls Is A Local Resident
In selecting Marudhu Ganesh, also known as NM Ganesh, as its candidate, the DMK had hoped to send a message to the party cadre that ordinary workers too could rise to important positions in the party. Mr Ganesh comes from a family of DMK card holders; his mother was a municipal councilor between 1996 and 2001 when DMK working president M.K. Stalin ...
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AIADMK Candidate In RK Nagar By-Poll Is E Madhusudhanan, An OPS Loyalist
AIADMK's E Madhusudanan, the only candidate in the race for the prestigious RK Nagar constituency in Chennai, to have won an election from this seat earlier. This was 20 years ago, in 1991, when he was inducted into party's patriarch J Jayalalithaa cabinet as the handloom minister.
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TTV Dhinakaran, The Ex-Boss Of The AIADMK Left Out In The Cold
TTV Dhinakaran, 54, was pulled out of the cold and handed the reins of the party this February when his aunt, VK Sasikala - headed to a Bengaluru jail to serve her jail term - decided to run the party by remote control.
