Politics

As Venugopal emerges frontrunner to be Kerala CM, ball is in Rahul-Kharge court
First TVK government: 10 ministers likely to take oath with ‘CM’ Vijay
As MLA-elects’ choice leaks, Congress high command weighs national stakes in deciding Kerala CM
Broken mandate for TVK splits AIADMK; Congress breaks away from DMK for Vijay
Kerala verdict hits LDF where it hurts most: Cabinet faces voter backlash
Ground beneath them shifted: Kerala’s leaders pay the price
Half a hit and all misses: Voters’ verdict fails exit poll predictions in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
After 59 years, Tamil Nadu set to have a non-Dravidian party government as TVK stops short of majority
Decoding the UDF tsunami! The forces behind the wave
MK Stalin loses Kolathur to TVK’s VS Babu by over 8000 votes
Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026 results: Vijay’s TVK breaks Dravidian parties’ duopoly
‘Historic’ for whom? Why Karnataka’s nomadic communities are opposing new internal quota matrix
People’s Pulse post-poll survey projects NDA majority in Puducherry Assembly
Replug: Why PC Ghose Commission report on Kaleshwaram is legally redundant, infructuous
Popularity contest vs political clarity: Tamil Nadu Assembly polls 2026 in a nutshell
‘Can’t vote for Vijay just because he is new’: Delta, Tiruchirappalli regions in TN weigh their options
AIADMK and NTK are collateral damage in TVK’s political debut; votes flow to Vijay
Vijay’s TVK set to poll massively in Tamil Nadu, but enough seats are a distant dream
Youth back Vijay, women favour DMK, AIADMK retains its base — Who will TN’s Kongu region choose?
Delimitation, democracy and federal balance: An Ambedkarite view from the South
Delimitation and South India’s compulsions: Not wrath, but a test of federal maturity
Vijay’s ‘change’ pitch, DMK’s welfare grip and AIADMK’s absence: Pulse of South Tamil Nadu
Heads roll: How Davanagere bypoll triggered a crisis in Congress with minority leaders
Interview: ‘Neither Vijay nor anyone else is a threat to DMK’, says Thangam Thennarasu
His government’s chips are down but Revanth Reddy’s stock is up in Congress

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