OPS' letter war

April 11, 2017 17:56

AIADMK's Dr V Maitreyan of the O Pannerselvam camp is planning to submit a list of MPs in the group to the Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Rajya Sabha chairperson Hamid Ansari. The OPS faction feels that once the letter is submitted, presiding officers will have no other option but to announce the split in the AIADMK Parliamentary Party. Had this been done in the Budget session, it would be handy for the OPS faction to stake its claim to the party symbol before the election commission. They say that with the EC allotting two symbols for the two factions to contest the RK Nagar poll, the AIADMK has in fact split.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Not changing 2G judgment, non-auction allocation only for...: Sources

The government is not seeking to change the 2012 Supreme Court judgment that backed auction as the preferred mode of allocating telecom spectrum except for narrowly defined sectors such as satellite communication and defence where the...

It's Modi govt that wanted to bring inheritance tax: Cong

Amid the row over Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remarks, the party on Wednesday asserted that it has no plans whatsoever to introduce an inheritance tax and cited former Union minister Jayant Sinha's remarks to allege that it is the Modi...

'Can't control polls': SC to EVM critics as it reserves order

The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it cannot 'control the elections' or issue directions simply because doubts have been raised about the efficacy of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), as it reserved its judgment on a clutch of petitions...

Modi's 'redistribution' charge against Cong gets Pitroda's booster

In his poll rallies, Modi framed Pitroda's comments in his wider onslaught against the Congress, asserting that they have exposed its hidden agenda and that the party has become so removed from the country's social and family values that...

IPL PIX: Pant shines as spirited Delhi Capitals edge Titans

Rishabh Pant's belligerent unbeaten half-century helped Delhi Capitals' to a narrow four-run win over Gujarat Titans.