VijayKanth Record in TamilNadu ELection

Five Years Old  DMDK Big Gains at PMK,VCK

 

 

Riding high on the anti-incumbency wave, the five-year-old DMDK, led by actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth, has made huge inroads into the Vanniyar heartland, causing considerable damage to the PMK and its dalit ally VCK.

The party emerged as the second largest party in the 14th Tamil Nadu assembly. Out of the 41 segments it contested, the DMDK has won in 27 seats and is leading in two others.

Of them, 23 are in northern and western regions of the state, considered PMK strongholds. In fact, the PMK's success rate is just 10% — it has won or is leading only in 3 of the 30 seats it contested. The VCK has been routed.
Significantly, the PMK will lose the state party status. Vijayakanth described the electoral outcome as a victory over "money and muscle power."

Since its electoral debut, winning Vriddhachalam assembly segment in the 2006 assembly polls, the DMDK has been steadily cutting into the Vanniyar and dalit vote banks, once considered unassailable. Several of the PMK district functionaries joined the DMDK. Exodus of youth from the party fold to the DMDK caused heartburns to PMK founder S Ramadoss and VCK leader Thirumavalavan. To undo the damage and bring back the youth into his fold, Ramadoss' son Anbumani, over the past one year, had been organizing study camps in villages.

Despite forging a Vanniyar-dalit alliance to ward off the DMDK's threat, election results show caste equations failed to salvage the PMK and the VCK. Analysts feel the decades-old strife between the two caste groups could have played a role in their debacle.

In six segments where the DMDK took the PMK head-on, the party has won in four seats. Similarly, the DMDK defeated the VCK in Thittakudi, the lone segment where they tested strengths against each other.

While Ramadoss and Thirumavalavan sought to rekindle caste feelings in northern districts all through the campaign, Vijayakanth relentlessly tried to douse it. The actor also repeatedly hit out at the PMK, calling it a casteist party. Over the years, the PMK's vote share has not seen any remarkable change. It got 5.65% votes in 2006 and 5.72% votes in 2009.

The DMDK, on the contrary, has been steadily improving its vote share. The party secured 8.38% votes in 2006 and 10.08% in 2009.

VijayKanth Record in TamilNadu ELection

N.R Congress Record Set To Form Govt in Puducherry

 N.Rangasamy  NikNamed in Junior Kamarajar in Puducherry

30-member Puducherry assembly, ending the DMK-supported Congress rule.

Former chief minister N Rangasamy led the AINRC he formed on the eve of the polls to power with the party winning 15 seats and its ally AIADMK five.

Congress ended with a tally of seven and DMK two. DMK rebel VMC Shivakumar won the Neravi TR Pattinam segment.

It was a sweet revenge for Rangasamy who floated his own outfit after quitting RPT quitting Congress about two years after he was removed as chief minister in the face of revolt against his leadership.

Rangasamy, named the chief ministerial candidate of the AINRC-AIADMK front, emerged victorious from both Kadirgamam and Indira Nagar constituencies that he contested.

Chief minister V Vaithilingam, who succeeded Rangasamy, won but welfare minister M Kandasamy and PWD minister MOHF Shajahan lost as also assembly speaker R Radhakrishnan.

A jubilant Rangasamy said the outcome was a verdict by people and he would soon decide when to meet the Lt Governor and stake claim for forming the government.

CPI, CPI(M) and DMDK, which were part of the AINRC led alliance, however drew a blank contesting one seat each.

In the Congress front, PMK lost both the seats it contested and VCK tasted defeat in the lone seat it was allocated.

N.R Congress Record Set To Form Govt in Puducherry

N.Rangasamy Record For Puducherry

 Congress Shocked By N.R Congress 

 

All India NR Congress floated by former chief minister N Rangasamy after quitting the Congress ahead of the 2011 polls emerged as the single largest party by winning 15 of the 17 seats it contested. Its ally AIADMK bagged five of the 10 it contested. 


However, its other allies, DMDK and CPI, that contested one seat each drew a blank. A jubilant Rangasamy while speaking to reporters said he expected his alliance to win the polls and added that the victory was the wish of the Puducherry people.

The Congress alliance managed to secure just nine seats. Congress won just seven of the 17 seats it contested. The DMK fared poorly, winning two of the 10 seats it contested. PMK drew a blank losing both the seats it contested. Another ally, VCK, whose candidate was technically declared as an independent, also lost the polls.

Rangasamy, who contested from two assembly segments, emerged victorious with thumping margins. He polled 16,323 votes from Kadirkamam as against 6,566 votes polled by the next candidate V Pethaperumal of the Congress. He polled 20,685 votes in Indira Nagar as against 4,008 votes polled by his only rival candidate V Aroumougam of Congress.

Other prominent winners include chief minister V Vaithilingam, home minister E Valsaraj, revenue minister Malladi Krishna Rao and public health minister A Namassivayam.

PWD minister MOHF Shahjahan, welfare minister M Kandasamy, speaker of legislative assembly R Radhakrishnan and former chief minister and DMK convener RV Janakiraman lost the electoral battle.

Shahjahan lost the polls to PML Kalyanasundaram of NR Congress by 6,366 votes and Kandasamy to his arch-rival and former minister P Rajavelu of NR Congress by a slender margin of 1,468 votes.

Radhakrishnan lost the polls to T Thiagarajan by 2,055 votes. Five-time MLA Janakiraman lost to AIADMK candidate Om Sakthi Sekar by a margin of 4,518 votes. 


Malladi Krishna Rao (Yanam) recorded the highest margin of victory in this election with 19,118 votes followed by Rangasamy (Indira Nagar) with 16,677 votes while an independent candidate, VMC Sivakumar, managed to win with a slender margin of 358 votes.

N.Rangasamy Record For Puducherry

TamilActorVijay to Protest Against Sri Lankan army in support of Tamil Fishermen

TamilActorVijay to Protest Against Sri Lankan army in support of Tamil Fishermen

தமிழக மீனவர்களை சிங்கள ராணுவம் சிறை பிடித்ததை கண்டித்து, நாகப்பட்டினத்தில் வருகிற 22-ந் தேதி நடிகர் விஜய் ரசிகர்களுடன் ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் செய்கிறார். தமிழக மீனவர்கள் கடலுக்கு மீன் பிடிக்க செல்லும்போது, அவர்களை சிங்கள ராணுவம் சுட்டுக்கொல்வது தொடர்கதையாகி வருகிறது. சமீபத்தில் நாகை, காரைக்காலை சேர்ந்த 112 மீனவர்களை, சிங்கள ராணுவம் சிறை பிடித்தது. இந்த பரபரப்பு அடங்குவதற்குள், மேலும் 24 தமிழக மீனவர்களை சிங்கள ராணுவம் மீண்டும் சிறை பிடித்துள்ளது. சிங்கள ராணுவத்தினரின் அட்டூழியத்தை கண்டித்து, வருகிற 22-ந் தேதி நாகப்பட்டினத்தில் நடிகர் விஜய் தனது ரசிகர்களுடன் ஆர்ப்பாட்டம் செய்கிறார். பின்னர் அங்கு நடைபெறும் கண்டன பொதுக்கூட்டத்திலும் பேசுகிறார்.

இதுகுறித்து விஜய் மக்கள் இயக்கத்தின் மாநில செயலாளர் ரவிராஜா நேற்று நாகப்பட்டினத்தில் கூறியது:- நாகை காடம்பாடி மைதானத்தில் வருகிற 22-ந் தேதி மாலை 4 மணிக்கு விஜய் மக்கள் இயக்கம் சார்பில் கண்டன பொதுக்கூட்டம் நடக்கிறது. கூட்டத்திற்கு திரைப்பட இயக்குநரும், நடிகர் விஜய்யின் தந்தையுமான எஸ்.ஏ.சந்திரசேகரன் தலைமை தாங்குகிறார். கூட்டத்தில் நடிகர் விஜய் மற்றும் விஜய் மக்கள் இயக்கத்தின் மாவட்ட நிர்வாகிகள் கண்டன உரை ஆற்றுகின்றனர். முன்னதாக மேடையில், இலங்கை கடற்படையினரின் தாக்குதலில் உயிரிழந்த தரங்கம்பாடியை சேர்ந்த மீனவர் பாண்டியன், புஷ்பவனத்தை சேர்ந்த மீனவர் ஜெயக்குமார் ஆகியோரின் குடும்பத்திற்கு நிதியுதவியும், நாகையை சேர்ந்த 10 மீனவர்களுக்கு மீன்பிடி உபகரணங்களையும் நடிகர் விஜய் வழங்குகிறார்

TamilActorVijay to Protest Against Sri Lankan army in support of Tamil Fishermen

DMDK leader actor Vijaykanth is yet to decide on poll alliance for the TN assembly poll

மதுரை: வரும் சட்டப்பேரவைத் தேர்தலில் யாருடன் கூட்டணி என்பது குறித்து இன்னும் முடிவு செய்யவில்லை என்று தேமுதிக தலைவர் விஜயகாந்த் கூறியுள்ளார்.

மதுரை திருமங்கலம் அருகே, காங்கேய நத்தத்தில் விஜயகாந்தின் குல தெய்வமான வீர சின்னம்மாள் கோவில் உள்ளது. அரசியலில் முக்கிய முடிவுகளை அவர் எடுக்கும் முன் இங்கு அவர் சாமி தரிசனம் செய்வது வழக்கம். நேற்று காலை விஜயகாந்த் தனது மனைவி பிரமேலதா, மகன்களுடன் கோவிலுக்கு வந்தார்.

அம்மனுக்கு சிறப்பு அலங்காரம் செய்யப்பட்டு தீபாராதனைகள் நடந்தன. தரிசனத்தை முடித்துவிட்டு மதுரை புறப்பட்ட அவரிடம் நிருபர்கள், தேமுதிக யாருடன் கூட்டணி அமைக்கும் என்று குறித்து கேட்டதற்கு, ஆண்டுக்கு ஒருமுறை குல தெய்வம் கோவிலுக்கு வருவது வழக்கம். அதற்காக தான் வந்தேன். தேர்தல் கூட்டணி குறித்து இன்னும் முடிவு செய்யப்படவில்லை. முடிவு செய்தால் தெரியப்படுத்துவேன் என்றார்.

பின்னர் திருப்பரங்குன்றம் சென்ற அவர் மாலையில் விமானம் மூலம் சென்னை திரும்பினார்.

மதுரையில் இருந்தபோது விஜயகாந்தை திமுக தென் மண்டல பொறுப்பாளரும் மத்திய அமைச்சருமான மு.க.அழகிரியின் சார்பில் திமுக மாவட்டச் செயலாளர் சந்தித்துப் பேசியதாகவும், விஜய்காந்தின் இந்த மதுரை பயணத்துக்கு முன்பே அவரது சகோதரியும் கணவரும் அழகிரியை சந்தித்துப் பேசியதாகவும் கூறப்படுவது குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

தேமுதிக வந்தால் தான் கொஞ்சமாவது வெற்றிக்கு வாய்ப்பு என்ற நிலையில் அதிமுக உள்ள நிலையில் விஜய்காந்தை அழகிரி தரப்பில் சந்தித்து என்ன பேசினர் என்று தெரியவில்லை. இதனால் தேமுதிக அதிமுகவுடன் கூட்டணி வைக்குமா அல்லது தனித்துப் போட்டியிடுமா என்ற கேள்விக் குழப்பம் தொடர்கிறது.

DMDK leader actor Vijaykanth is yet to decide on poll alliance for the TN assembly poll

CM Karunanidhi Finalise PMK :Allotting 31 assembly also gets a Rajya Sabha seat.

The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has signed an electoral pact with the S Ramadoss-led PMK on Friday, allotting 31 assembly seats in the ensuing elections to the PMK. The PMK also gets a Rajya Sabha seat. 

The PMK leader said he had gone to invite the DMK leader for his grandson's wedding. "It was a happy meeting with a happy end. We have been given 31 assembly seats and a Rajya Sabha seats," he told reporters outside Karunanidhi's Gopalapuram residence in Chennai.

PMK was part of the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance in the 2006 assembly elections. PMK had then contested the same number of 31 seats and won 18 of them. The two parties have had a difficult relationship after the PMK parted ways with the DMK in July, after being a vociferous opposition within the alliance. PMK contested the 2009 Lok Sabha elections as an ally of the AIADMK, but drew a blank.

As the 2011 Assembly elections were nearing, Ramadoss send confusing signals to the DMK. Last month, when Karunanidhi said PMK was with him, Ramadoss criticised the DMK leader for unilaterally making the announcement. Karunanidhi hit back, saying his doors were closed on the PMK, and that anyway the Congress leadership did not want Ramadoss in the alliance. Ramadoss moved quickly in Delhi for a rapprochement. The final patch-up came after Ramadoss' son and former health minister in UPA-I Anbumani Ramadoss met Sonia Gandhi on Thursday. 

After its formation in 1989, PMK contested four elections on its own, winning just one seat in the 1991 assembly and four in 1996. Since then, the party had alternated between the two Dravidian parties as allies. In the 1998 Lok Sabha polls, it tied up with AIADMK and won four seats. In the general elections the following year, PMK partnered with DMK and won five seats.

In the 2001 assembly polls, Ramadoss was back with Jayalalithaa and bagged 18 seats. Three years later, PMK went back to the DMK fold to fight the 2004 Lok Sabha elections and won six seats. The party got national exposure with Anbumani becoming the Union health minister. The alliance continued for the 2006 assembly elections in which the party won 18 seats. In the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, PMK jumped fence to ally with AIADMK, but could not win a seat. PMK, which enjoys the support of the OBC Vanniyars, enjoys about 10% of the vote share in the northern states of Tamil Nadu. The party is considered a decisive factor in about 40 assembly constituencies and eight Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

CM Karunanidhi Finalise PMK :Allotting 31 assembly also gets a Rajya Sabha seat.

Vijay and Ajith may fight it out at the box office but have never failed

Vijay and Ajith may fight it out at the box office but have never failed to be gracious to each other.

According to a report, Ajith had called up Vijay recently and congratulated the Numero Uno (in waiting) of Tamil Cinema Vijay for his performance in 'Villu'. The report said that Ajith had been to a drive-in theater in Chennai's East Coast Road and watched the Prabhu Deva directed 'Villu'. The star of 'Billa' was impressed with Villu's action sequences and offered his congratulations. He even reportedly asked Vijay to make sure certain safety measures were adhered to while performing stunts.

Both Vijay and Ajith have been in competition for a long time now and are approaching their respective fifty films. However, both stars have been struggling to deliver consistent hits mainly due to their preference of one-man-army roles with next to nothing script and screenplay.

The slow but sure emergence of new directors in Tamil Cinema who put the art of story telling ahead of an individual's screen image might hamper both their styles of filmmaking in the future.

Ajith's 50th film 'Asal' and Vijay's 49th film 'Vettaikaaran' are expected to clash at the box office later this year. Something to look forward to.

Vijay and Ajith may fight it out at the box office but have never failed