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From tacitly allowing K C Venugopal to enter the CM race to picking Satheesan, the Congress high command’s 360-degree turn is unprecedented in its recent political history.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Swati Maliwal faces defamation suit for calling AAP MLAs ‘bhed, bakri’

Edapaddi K Palaniswami replaced the party posts of the 25 MLAs and appointed new district secretaries in their places.

As many as 41 MLAs are under 40 years old but only 14 have prior experience as elected legislators or party office-bearers

Women made up 15% of the outgoing House and will comprise only 12.5% of the new Assembly; TMC has 18% women legislators, while BJP’s number stands at 11%

TVK gets boost from CPI, CPM and IUML, but VCK’s letter of support remains pending, sources said.

After spending the day at the office on outskirts of Chennai, many legislators head to nearby resorts that have been booked for them. It is not compulsory, they said: ‘The party trusts its MLAs’.

V D Satheesan, the LoP in the previous Assembly, has made it clear that he is not interested in taking up any post other than that of the CM; while Ramesh Chennithala is banking on his seniority.

Leaders of Dravidian arch rivals DMK and AIADMK are exploring a joint fallback scenario if Vijay's TVK falls short of the majority mark.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Vijay stakes claim in Tamil Nadu, Governor says show me the numbers

From 339 in 2013 to 282 now; steepest fall in UP, Bengal and Bihar even as population share remains high, BJP has only two Muslim MLAs

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Fresh show of strength, unity: Bhagwant Mann leads 90-MLA convoy to meet President, challenge ‘traitor’ MPs

In March 1993, a month into becoming Chief Justice of India, Justice M N Venkatachaliah faced a constitutional crisis. The apex court had ordered Dr H Borobabu Singh, the Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, to appear before it, and the Speaker…

Says ruling party MLAs got up to Rs 5 crore each for road construction works, but those from Opposition given just Rs 1 crore

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: AAP MLAs reaffirm trust in party :Opp absent, Mann tables and wins confidence motion

Out of the total 14 shortlisted names sent by the state unit, the BJP central leadership approved party's general secretary Madhavi Naik, Sanjay Bhende, Sunil Karjatkar, Vivek Kolhe and Pramod Jathar as candidates.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Madhavi Naik, Pradnya Satav and Rajendra Phadke on BJP list for Maharashtra Legislative Council polls

This is not the first time that claims have surfaced about AAP MLAs being in touch with rival parties. Earlier, a senior Punjab Congress leader had claimed that at least 33 AAP MLAs were in contact with him.

Even before AAP crisis, Opposition camp has repeatedly accused BJP of conducting “Operation Lotus” to split their parties and form coalition govts with breakaway groups in state after state

Raghav Chadha exit triggers fresh concerns for AAP in Delhi, with fears of MLA defections and political instability threatening the party’s already reduced strength.