PM Modi’s effusive praise of the RSS, the BJP’s parent body, in his Independence Day speech drew strong criticism from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who, on Sunday, claimed that the outfit had been “opposed” to freedom from the British

The NDA naming a Tamilian, CP Radhakrishnan, as Vice Presidential candidate is “not pro-Tamil Nadu”, said DMK’s TKS Elangovan today.

It was a deeply personal moment turning political in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district on Saturday, as Janaki Ammal, mother of Vice-Presidential candidate C P Radhakrishnan, cut a celebratory cake at home.