Politician Promise

In a country where the Bill seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament has been gathering dust for almost a decade, this is indeed a great sight — men, one after another, of various shape, size and age, are throwing themselves at the feet of a green saree-clad, middle-aged woman while she offers [...]

VELLORE: The Congress-DMK combine has plunged the State into darkness with price hike of essential commodities, social unrest and increasing terrorism, said AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa, claiming that: “Only the AIADMK combine can provide peaceful life to you and protect your rights and that of the State.” Jayalalithaa, while addressing an election rally at [...]

riday, 01 May 2009 10:57 1 May - AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalitha delivered her most daring speech on Sri Lanka by saying that if a coalition supported by her forms the central government, Indian Army would be sent to Sri Lanka to liberate Tamil Ealam similar to what Indra Gandhi [...]

Upping the ante, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagam supremo Jayalalithaa said on Wednesday that if a government of her choice was formed at the Centre after Lok Sabha polls, she would take steps to send the Indian army [Images] to Sri Lanka [Images] to form a separate Tamil Eelam in that country. Addressing an election meeting here, [...]

AIADMK chief Jayalaitha said last day that if she is able in forming a govt of her choice in centre she will see hat Indian troops are sent to Lanka to form a separate Tamil Eelam there. She was speeking in an election meeting. In Tamil Nadu he Sreelankan Issue has become a major agenda for [...]

JAYARAM JAYALALITHAA, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo released the party’s manifesto at the political headquarters in Tamil Nadu. The AIADMK manifesto states that if devolution of powers in Tamil-dominated provinces of Sri Lanka fails to give equal status to Tamils, then the party would start campaigning for ‘separate Eelam’. While speaking to the [...]

Chennai: The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has promised income-tax exemption for all salaried employees, besides taking steps to increase the limit for all others to Rs 5 lakh per annum, repeal the Fringe Benefit Tax and the Banking Cash Transaction Tax, curb Foreign Direct Investments in retail, real-estate and higher education, enable [...]

Tirunelveli, April 18: AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa sought people’s mandate in favour of her alliance in the parliamentary election to form a separate Tamil Eelam if the initiative to secure equal rights for Tamils in the administration in Sri Lanka failed. Addressing a large election rally at Tirunelveli on Saturday, she asked the electorate to [...]

AIADMK in its election manifesto called for immediate cessation of war between Sri Lankan Army and LTTE in northern parts of the island nation and an immediate end to “killings” of civilian Tamil population. “Tamils should be accorded equal status with the Sinhala majority with devolution of administrative power in the Tamil-dominated provinces of Sri Lanka,” [...]

COIMBATORE: The “unrealistic, impractical and deceptive” assurances in the manifestos of both the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) should be put through a nation-wide debate, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu said here on Saturday. Talking to newspersons before leaving for Mumbai to call on party colleague [...]

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