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AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami accused the TVK government of rising corruption and failed paddy procurement in Thanjavur and Cuddalore, leaving delta farmers exposed.
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On the eve of the October 6 Madurantakam bypoll, TVK candidate K. Maragatham Kumaravel's own sworn affidavits do not agree with each other. The incomes she and her husband declared for the same financial years in April 2026 and September 2026 differ by ₹1.4 crore — figures The Justice has independently verified from the public affidavit records. Furnishing false information in an election affidavit is punishable under Section 125A of the Representation of the People Act.
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After the Speaker dropped disqualification proceedings against 21 AIADMK MLAs who defied their party whip, Desiya Makkal Shakti leader M.L. Ravi has moved the Supreme Court, asking how Tamil Nadu's ruling majority was really built.
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An MLA elected on the AIADMK's ticket in April resigned within weeks and recontests on the ruling TVK's ticket in October. Madurantakam's bypoll is not an election — it is a receipt for a transaction. Mandates treated as merchandise assault the voter's dignity.
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Three days before polling, Madurantakam (SC) is a bypoll manufactured in a party office. K. Maragatham Kumaravel won on an AIADMK ticket in April 2026, resigned weeks later, joined the ruling TVK — and now asks voters to bless the defection that forced this election. Polling Oct 6.
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Two MLAs won in April, quit within a month, joined the ruling TVK and are now asking the same voters for the same seats. Madurantakam and Dharapuram are not choosing representatives — they are being asked to rubber-stamp a transaction.
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CPI(M) leader P. Shanmugam says Madurantakam villagers told Left campaigners 'everyone else is distributing money while we are giving only pamphlets' — with the ruling TVK distributing the most. The AIADMK has petitioned the EC alleging cash-for-votes in the October 6 bypolls.
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With polling four days away, the ruling TVK, the DMK and the AIADMK are trading charges of horse-trading, coordinated smear campaigns and "reels" governance in two constituencies the Chief Minister's party cannot afford to lose.
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Both seats fell vacant when AIADMK MLAs elected in April resigned and joined the ruling TVK on the same day. On October 6 they seek re-election on the TVK ticket against the DMK, the AIADMK, the NTK and the Left.
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