The New Indian Express· 12h ago
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Chief Minister Vijay's TVK has entered the INDIA bloc in Tamil Nadu, which Congress called a historic development. Reports say the party does not want to rush into the national bloc, and the DMK was absent from the meeting that formalised the entry.
Campaigning for the Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly bypolls ended on Sunday evening, with Chief Minister Vijay holding a final roadshow in Dharapuram. Polling is on Tuesday and counting on October 9.
The TVK and its alliance partners held a joint public meeting in Madurantakam on Thursday to project unity ahead of the October 6 Assembly bypoll. Chief Minister Vijay did not attend and is scheduled to campaign separately in the constituency on October 2.
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay is set to share a stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai on October 11, their first joint public appearance since Vijay took office, when the Prime Minister is expected to inaugurate the first operational section of Chennai Metro Phase II.
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay announced a ₹30 lakh cash award for Coimbatore's Vithya Ramraj, who won bronze in the women's 400m hurdles at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya with a new national record of 54.75 seconds.
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami said at an election rally in Dharapuram that TVK leaders deserve a "doctorate in power cuts", and questioned the government's spending on a proposed Rs 1,200 crore Secretariat building.
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami has accused the TVK government of failing to act quickly against the spread of dengue, citing health department figures of 17,348 dengue cases and 4,653 scrub typhus cases in Tamil Nadu as of September 21 and demanding that treatment facilities and mosquito control work be expanded urgently.
Minister Nirmal Kumar said on September 24 that the proposal to build the new Secretariat at Pattinapakkam in Chennai is under review and that the government is studying possible locations within the city, after more than 1,000 fishermen and residents gathered at the Marina to oppose the Rs 1,200-crore project.