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Tamil Nadu

Tragedy and farce

V.K. Sasikala, O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami at a meeting at the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai on February 5.

In an action-filled fortnight, the Supreme Court sends V.K. Sasikala to prison but her family takes control of the ruling party in Tamil Nadu and her Chief Minister wins a trust vote in a riotous environment. More fireworks are on the cards. By ILANGOVAN RAJASEKARAN

Sasikala in control

Last resort

Edappadi K. Palaniswami and other MLAs leaving the Golden Bay Resorts at Koovathur on February 14.

From being herded into a resort at Koovathur to gathering at Fort St. George, the seat of power in Tamil Nadu, for the confidence vote in the Assembly, AIADMK MLAs dutifully followed party general secretary V.K. Sasikala’s plan of action. By R.K. RADHAKRISHNAN

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Disproportionate Assets case

The last word

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's residence at Poes Garden, Chennai is witnessing a beehive of activity on March 05, 2006, due to forthcoming Assembly elections. Photo:

It took two decades for the judiciary to bring the disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa to closure, but, in the end, the Supreme Court hit the nail on the head. By T.S. SUBRAMANIAN

D.A. case

A trial of two decades

Jayalalithaa arriving at the Special Court near the Central Jail in Parappana Agrahara, Bengaluru, on September 27, 2014, in connection with the disproportionate assets case.

The timeline of the “disproportionate assets” case against Jayalalithaa reveals the evasive tactics she employed to delay the trial and the verdict. By T.S. SUBRAMANIAN

Legality of Floor Test

Vote under a cloud

Jagadambika Pal. The Supreme Court summoned a special session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on February 26, 1998, with the sole agenda of holding a composite floor test to see which of the two claimants to chief ministership, Jagdambika Pal and Kalyan Singh, had a majority.

The power to choose the method of floor test lies with the Speaker. However, issues such as the confinement of AIADMK MLAs in the days prior to the floor test and the eviction of DMK members may justify judicial intervention. By V. VENKATESAN

Governor's role

Constitution & successions

February 9, 1966: Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with the then Congress President, K. Kamaraj, at a CWC meeting in Jaipur. The previous month, she had emerged as the CPP leader in a straightforward contest.

It is hard to question the procedure that was followed by the Governor in Tamil Nadu, harder, still, to be pleased with the result. By A.G. NOORANI

Maharashtra civic elections

BJP’s show

Uddhav Thackeray, president of the Shiv Sena, at Sena Bhavan on February 23 after the election results were announced.

The Shiv Sena gets more seats in the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, but the BJP emerges the winner in the civic elections in Maharashtra. By LYLA BAVADAM

Assembly Elections: Uttarakhand

‘Modi magic’ on test

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat at an election campaign road show at Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district on February 2.

The overall stakes are very high for the BJP in Uttarakhand, where the party’s mascot is the Prime Minister himself. But for the Congress, it will only be Harish Rawat whose image takes a beating if the party loses. By PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Uttarakhand

Assembly Elections: Manipur

The Naga factor

Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh (right) with Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam at an election campaign in Heingang constituency in Imphal on February 15.

Suspicions about the contents of the Framework Agreement between the Centre and the NSCN(I-M) rankle the people of Manipur even as the ruling Congress and the BJP try to woo voters. By SUSHANTA TALUKDAR

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MLAs in zenana

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Assembly Elections: Manipur

Shadow of blockade

Vehicles coming into Imphal from the hill districts dominated by Nagas set on fire on December 18, 2016, by protesters who are angry with the blockade.

Manipur faces the Assembly elections under the shadow of the economic blockade imposed by the United Naga Council invoking issues of territorial integrity and tribal identity. By SUSHANTA TALUKDAR

Assembly elections

Not a one-man show

“IT is as though our elections have come back to normal. Unlike the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and the elections in 2012 to the Assembly,...

Assembly elections

‘Congress all set to make a clean sweep’

Amarinder Singh, Punjab Congress president.

“PUNJAB will never accept a Haryanvi Chief Minister who will not think twice before selling off the State’s interests to the neighbourin...

Assembly elections: Uttarakhand

Errors of judgement 1

Chief Minister Harish Rawat with MLAs after the floor test on May 10.

The BJP’s failed attempts to topple the Rawat government and its overt support to Congress rebels could sound the death knell for the party’s prospects in the upcoming Assembly elections. By PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI

Assembly Elections: Uttar Pradesh

Advantage Akhilesh 1

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav at a joint election rally in Agra on February 3.

The S.P.-Congress combine appears to be on a strong wicket in Uttar Pradesh in an atmosphere of disenchantment with demonetisation and reduced communal polarisation. By VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN and DIVYA TRIVEDI recently in different parts of Uttar Pradesh

Assembly elections: Uttar Pradesh

Tall claims, latent fears 1

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav addressing a Samajwadi Party election rally in Sultanpur on January 24.

As Uttar Pradesh goes into campaign mode, confusion prevails on the ground even as leaders of all major parties exude confidence. By VENKITESH RAMAKRISHNAN and DIVYA TRIVEDI

Related: Not a one-man show

Assembly elections: Punjab

Change on the cards

AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal introducing Jarnail Singh, AAP candidate, at an election rally in Lambi on January 20.

The Aam Aadmi Party appears to have an edge over its rivals in Punjab although voters in the three regions are divided between the Congress and the new party, clearly rejecting the SAD-BJP alliance. By AKSHAY DESHMANE in Bathinda and Amritsar

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Bhagwant Mann.

THE Aam Aadmi Party’s campaign committee chairman for Punjab, Bhagwant Mann, says the AAP will perform better than its record performanc...

‘We have to think Goa first’

VIJAI SARDESAI and his newly formed Goa Forward party suffered a major setback on the last day for filing of nominations for Assembly el...

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