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1. In a first, ECI appoints caller Chief Secretary
Effecting a large shuffle successful Tamil Nadu that goes into polls successful a fortnight, the Election Commission of India posted elder IAS serviceman M. Sai Kumar arsenic the Tamil Nadu government’s Chief Secretary replacing N. Muruganandam. Mr. Muruganandam has go the archetypal Chief Secretary of the State to beryllium shifted erstwhile the exemplary codification of behaviour is successful force.
The Commission besides directed the assignment of elder IPS serviceman Sandeep Mittal arsenic Director General of Police (Armed Police and Vigilance and Anti-Corruption).
2. DMK, BJP alliances successful shambles owed to aggravated infighting: Vijay
The electoral alliances of the DMK and the BJP are successful shambles, arsenic infighting among the constituents is truthful aggravated that they would not adjacent ballot for their confederation enactment candidates successful the upcoming Assembly election, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam laminitis and histrion Vijay alleged portion addressing an predetermination rally successful Tirunelveli.
He went connected to assertion that a conception of the Congress enactment had been “purchased” by the DMK, portion the “real Congress” was with the TVK, which was striving hard to prevention the secular fabric.
3. Puducherry Assembly election: Polling tomorrow
In Puducherry, wherever Assembly predetermination is being held time (April 9), polling volition commencement astatine 7 a.m. and extremity astatine 6 p.m. successful each the 1,099 polling stations of the full 30 constituencies successful the Union Territory including Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam.
As galore 209 polling stations person been identified arsenic susceptible and 5 are critical. Puducherry Chief Electoral Officer P. Jawahar said 2,791 policemen and unit from 30 companies of Central Armed Police Forces are being utilised for security.
4. Special league connected delimitation: Stalin says DMK volition not basal by and watch
DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief MInister M.K. Stalin, successful a societal media post, posed a bid of questions to the BJP arsenic good arsenic Prime Minister Narendra Modi implicit the peculiar Parliament league connected delimitation. He said the DMK volition not basal by and watch “any effort that places the rights of the confederate States astatine involvement portion handing greater powerfulness to the north.”
