Rk Nagar Elections
- All
- News
- Videos
-
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: AIADMK Launches Hunt For Candidates, Seeks Rs 25,000 Fee
The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has sought applications from aspiring candidates who would like to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party will accept the applications from February 4 to 10.
-
Madras High Court Upholds TTV Dhinakaran's Election From RK Nagar
In a relief to rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, the Madras High Court today upheld his election from the RK Nagar assembly constituency.
-
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.
-
Madras High Court Rejects Plea To Suspend RK Nagar Bypoll Results
The Madras High Court today dismissed a petition that the Election Commission of India (ECI) be directed to suspend the result of the RK Nagar bypoll that concluded last month, and held that the courts could not do so once it was declared.
-
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...
-
"Bypoll Win A Purchased One": Kamal Haasan Vs Dhinakaran
Actor Kamal Haasan, in a hard hitting column in a Tamil magazine, alleged that money power was behind TTV Dhinakaran's win in the RK Nagar bypoll. The actor criticised people for electing Dhinakaran saying, "They chose an independent highest bidder". The sidelined AIADMK leader hit out accusing Kamal Haasan of maligning voters.
-
'Daylight Crime': Kamal Haasan Vs Dhinakaran on RK Nagar Election
Actor Kamal Haasan today alleged that money power was behind TTV Dhinakaran's win in the December 21 RK Nagar bypoll. The sidelined AIADMK leader hit out accusing Kamal Haasan of maligning voters. In a stinging article in the latest issue of Tamil magazine 'Ananda Vikatan,' the veteran actor described the bypoll, held after the death of former Chie...
-
Jayalalithaa Death Probe: Dhinakaran Asked To Submit Documents
Days after TTV Dhinakaran won the by-polls to RK Nagar, the constituency that has been vacant since J Jayalalithaa's death a year ago, an inquiry commission has asked him to furnish documents in connection with investigations into the former Chief Minister's treatment and death.
-
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...
-
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.
-
"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.
-
RK Nagar By-Poll: Counting Temporarily Disrupted As Dhinakaran-AIADMK Supporters Clash
Counting of votes for the RK Nagar by-poll was temporarily disrupted this morning after an alleged altercation between supporters of Independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran and AIADMK's E Madhusudhanan.
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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.
-
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: AIADMK Launches Hunt For Candidates, Seeks Rs 25,000 Fee
The ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has sought applications from aspiring candidates who would like to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party will accept the applications from February 4 to 10.
-
Madras High Court Upholds TTV Dhinakaran's Election From RK Nagar
In a relief to rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran, the Madras High Court today upheld his election from the RK Nagar assembly constituency.
-
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.
-
Madras High Court Rejects Plea To Suspend RK Nagar Bypoll Results
The Madras High Court today dismissed a petition that the Election Commission of India (ECI) be directed to suspend the result of the RK Nagar bypoll that concluded last month, and held that the courts could not do so once it was declared.
-
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...
-
"Bypoll Win A Purchased One": Kamal Haasan Vs Dhinakaran
Actor Kamal Haasan, in a hard hitting column in a Tamil magazine, alleged that money power was behind TTV Dhinakaran's win in the RK Nagar bypoll. The actor criticised people for electing Dhinakaran saying, "They chose an independent highest bidder". The sidelined AIADMK leader hit out accusing Kamal Haasan of maligning voters.
-
'Daylight Crime': Kamal Haasan Vs Dhinakaran on RK Nagar Election
Actor Kamal Haasan today alleged that money power was behind TTV Dhinakaran's win in the December 21 RK Nagar bypoll. The sidelined AIADMK leader hit out accusing Kamal Haasan of maligning voters. In a stinging article in the latest issue of Tamil magazine 'Ananda Vikatan,' the veteran actor described the bypoll, held after the death of former Chie...
-
Jayalalithaa Death Probe: Dhinakaran Asked To Submit Documents
Days after TTV Dhinakaran won the by-polls to RK Nagar, the constituency that has been vacant since J Jayalalithaa's death a year ago, an inquiry commission has asked him to furnish documents in connection with investigations into the former Chief Minister's treatment and death.
-
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...
-
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.
-
"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.
-
RK Nagar By-Poll: Counting Temporarily Disrupted As Dhinakaran-AIADMK Supporters Clash
Counting of votes for the RK Nagar by-poll was temporarily disrupted this morning after an alleged altercation between supporters of Independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran and AIADMK's E Madhusudhanan.
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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.
