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1. CM Stalin warns of monolithic protestation against delimitation
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin warned of a monolithic protest that would bring the State to a standstill if the BJP-led Union authorities took a determination connected delimitation that would impact the confederate States and connection much governmental powerfulness to the bluish States.
“Tamil Nadu volition registry its protestation vehemently. I americium not conscionable the Chief Minister, but the person of the DMK, a monolithic governmental movement. You volition spot a Tamil Nadu you person not seen before. India volition erstwhile again spot the DMK of the 1950s and 1960s,” helium said successful a video message.
2. BJP releases canvass manifesto
Former nationalist president of the BJP and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda released the BJP’s predetermination manifesto for the upcoming Assembly predetermination successful Tamil Nadu. The party’s canvass promises person been broadly divided into 16 categories, portion immoderate of them person already been promised by the AIADMK, which leads the confederation successful the State.
Speaking during the lawsuit astatine Chennai, helium alleged that the DMK authorities had converted Tamil Nadu, a cradle of the world’s oldest civilisation, into a “crime capital.”
3. TVK’s Sulur campaigner faints from exhaustion minutes aft garlanding Vijay
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) campaigner for the Sulur Assembly constituency, N.M. Sukumar, fainted soon aft garlanding enactment president Vijay astatine Kaniyur Toll Plaza on the Salem-Cochin National Highway.
Earlier, Mr. Sukumar had received Mr. Vijay astatine the Coimbatore International Airport.
4. Udhayanidhi Stalin’s assets: Plea successful Madras HC seeks probe
A writ petition has been filed successful the Madras High Court seeking an enquiry by the Director General of Income Tax (Investigation) and the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs into alleged worldly discrepancies successful the assets declared by Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin during the 2021 Legislative Assembly polls and for the elections scheduled to beryllium held connected April 23 this year.
5. 122 sovereigns of golden stolen from DMK candidate’s house
As overmuch arsenic 122 sovereigns of golden and ₹45,000 successful currency were stolen from the location of the DMK candidate for the Sattur Assembly constituency, A. Kadarkarai Raj, connected Monday (April 13, 2026) nighttime successful Virudhunagar district.
The constabulary said that the gold, on with 800 grams of metallic and the cash, were kept successful a cupboard successful the pooja country of the location successful Vekatachalapuram nether Sattur Town limits.
