TN polls: Mud-slinging dominates campaigning

Amidst simmering summer heat, the election scenario in Tamil Nadu has warmed up with personal attacks, claims, their counters and the foray of umpteen film stars into the campaign spree.

In the no-holds barred campaign for the May 8 polls in the state, which has a track record of personal attacks even during normal times and on the floor of the assembly, senior leaders are competing in levelling charges against each other.

Vaiko, the enemy-turned friend of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo Jayalalithaa, has been unleashing a tirade against his political mentor and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief M Karunanidhi and his family members, particularly against the upcoming star of DMK -- Union IT and Communications Minister Dayanidhi Maran.(more...)

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