Assembly Elections LIVE: Former BJP T.N. president Annamalai unhappy with constituencies allocated by AIADMK

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and section constabulary unit checking vehicles connected the Tamil Nadu- Andhra Pradesh borderline cheque station up of Assembly predetermination connected Thursday, March 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy C

Former BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai has conveyed to the enactment nationalist enactment his “extreme” displeasure implicit the constituencies allocated by the AIADMK for the April 23 Assembly election. He is besides learnt to person requested the enactment not to place immoderate spot for him arsenic helium had decided against contesting. He would, however, proceed to enactment “as a enactment karyakarta for each BJP and NDA candidates”.

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A Trinamool Congress idiosyncratic has been changeable dormant successful Kolkata up of the West Bengal Assembly elections. Kolkata Police person arrested 4 radical successful transportation with the killing. Tensions besides roseate successful the Basanti country of South 24 Parganas district, wherever a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) canvass rally was allegedly attacked by section TMC workers.

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The Election Commission connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) said implicit ₹408.82 crore worthy of illicit inducements, including ₹17.44 crore successful cash, liquor worthy ₹37.68 crore and drugs worthy ₹167.38 crore, had been seized done a coordinated attack involving multi-enforcement agencies successful the 4 States and 1 national territory going for Assembly polls adjacent month.

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Assam, Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry volition spell to the polls connected April 9, 2026. In Tamil Nadu, the predetermination volition beryllium conducted connected April 23. The archetypal signifier of elections volition beryllium held connected April 23, 2026, successful West Bengal, and the 2nd signifier connected April 29, 2026. The counting for each these elections volition beryllium held connected May 4, 2026.

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