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A Perambur voter has asked the Madras High Court to void Chief Minister Vijay's election, alleging his sworn affidavit claims ownership of Kodaikanal poramboke land and misstates other properties. Vijay calls the charges baseless.
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Prakash Raj warned at Vijayapura that the SIR revision is dividing citizens into those with voting rights and those without, alleging weaker sections were hit hardest and demanding the exercise be scrapped.
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Demonstrations in Delhi and Mumbai, an NSUI symbolic protest, and a planned Rajouri march have turned a paperwork exercise into a fight over who gets to vote.
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Periyar taught that self-respect begins with the right to be counted. Telangana's unsigned forms, rejected after officials checked them, show how a republic can fail through paperwork nobody signed.
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Pre-printed Form-7s, unsigned forms and a disputed deletion bid against about 30 Musheerabad electors have put Telangana's SIR under scrutiny. Officials rejected the forms and ordered action on false declarations; an FIR remains unconfirmed.
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AMMK chief TTV Dhinakaran called the TVK government 'a curse for Tamil Nadu', like the El Nino phenomenon. Campaigning in Dharapuram, he alleged CM Vijay lured 25 AIADMK MLAs with promises, held him responsible for the by-elections, and demanded ECI action against MLAs who resign after election.
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Opinion: five months after the general election, two MLAs resigned, joined the ruling TVK, and were renominated on its whistle symbol. Dhinakaran wants the ECI to punish serial resigners — right about the symptom. The disease: a seat treated as private property — traded and re-auctioned at will.
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As polling continued in Dharapuram and Madurantakam on Tuesday, TVK candidate P Sathyabama alleged a video about her had been distorted, while AIADMK's Banumathi accused the ruling camp of distributing money and gifts and cited a viral video claiming Rs 35 crore was spent in the seat.
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Dozens of opposition lawmakers marched from Parliament to the Election Commission headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's resignation over a voter-list revision they say strips eligible voters of their rights. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case.
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Polling is underway in the Madurantakam and Dharapuram bypolls, the first electoral test for the TVK government since April 23. Brisk early voting was reported as defector MLAs Maragatham Kumaravel and P Sathyabama gamble voters will forgive the horse-trading that triggered the contests.
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Polling reached 35.55% in Madurantakam and 37.28% in Dharapuram by 11 am, but a halted booth in Dharapuram and EVM glitches in Madurantakam disrupted the TVK government's first electoral test, with counting on October 9.
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The Madurantakam and Dharapuram bypolls exist for one reason: two legislators resigned, crossed to the ruling party, and were renominated from the seats they vacated. Defection is no longer a scandal in Tamil Nadu politics. It is a business model.
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Voters in Madurantakam and Dharapuram cast ballots on Tuesday in bypolls doubling as the first electoral test of Vijay's TVK government. The contests, forced by two MLA defections, were fought amid horse-trading charges and a heavy watch on cash. Counting on October 9.
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The INDIA bloc's march to the Election Commission is not theatre but a symptom: when a constitutional umpire cannot answer who changed Form 6, citizens stop trusting the scoreboard. Institutions rot when accountability dies, and the street becomes the last court.
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Rahul Gandhi said it was 'established beyond doubt' that CEC Gyanesh Kumar changed voter-registration Form 6 illegally and unilaterally, after the Chief Justice of India clarified the Supreme Court never approved any modified form. The poll panel issued a point-by-point rebuttal.
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All INDIA bloc MPs marched to the Election Commission's Delhi headquarters on October 6, demanding CEC Gyanesh Kumar's removal over alleged voter-list manipulation. The Congress said it would reach out to the DMK and AAP to join; district-level marches continue till October 8.
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Polling is under way in six Assembly seats across Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam and Puducherry. In Madurantakam and Dharapuram it is a prestige battle for Vijay's four-month-old TVK — with Stalin's 'Reels CM' jibe and TTV Dhinakaran's 'curse' charge setting the tone. Counting on October 9.
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Campaigning has ended in Madurantakam and Dharapuram. Tomorrow, two constituencies vote in the first electoral test of Vijay's TVK government — a test the ruling party manufactured by luring away two elected MLAs. This is not just about who wins. It is about whether those in power will finally learn the oldest lesson in democracy: the people are the masters, not the rulers.
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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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Israel's Central Elections Committee voted to bar the two main Arab-led lists from the October 27 election. The Supreme Court overturned most of the bans on Friday, but Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh withdrew his candidacy to avert what his lawyers called a dangerous precedent.
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Justice P.B. Balaji struck off a plea to declare the Ambasamudram runner-up the winner, saying a multi-candidate contest can only end in a fresh poll if the petition succeeds. Counsel for Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay told a Division Bench that the Election Commission must now hold polls in both seats.
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