The general secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) in Tamil Nadu, Vaiko, targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election event in Chennai on Wednesday.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday announced that it has revised the speed restriction between Chhatarpur and Sultanpur on the Yellow Line from 20 to 25 KMPH after earlier restrictions caused delays to services.
Commencing from Thursday, Shah's itinerary, that comprises four road shows and one public meeting, underscores the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) concerted efforts to bolster its presence and sway in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief and party's Coimbatore candidate, K Annamalai, said the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is "frustrated" after the Prime Minister "spelled beans" on Katchatheevu Island.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin expressed gratitude to the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remarkable service to the nation for 33 years, as the latter retired from Rajya Sabha earlier this year.
Claiming that the people were 'unhappy' with the Chidambaram family, the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Sivaganga, Devanathan Yadav said on Wednesday there was an 'anti-DMK wave' across the state.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin slammed the BJP for raising the Kachchatheevu issue ahead of the the Lok Sabha polls and said that the issue has started to backfire now.
AMMK General Secretary and NDA's Theni Lok Sabha constituency candidate, TTV Dhinakaran, said on Tuesday that for the development of Tamil Nadu, it is necessary to remove the DMK from power.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday transferred 8 District Magistrates (DM) and 12 Superintendent of Police (SP) in five states, namely Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.
The former Foreign Secretary also argued that when the Britishers had not put the island under 'British India', then why did the Indira Gandhi government delimit it in Sri Lanka's favour.
Union Minister of State and BJP's candidate from Nilgris Lok Sabha constituency L Murugan on Tuesday continued the BJP's attack on DMK and Congress over the "ceding" of the island of Kachchatheevu to Sri Lanka.