AIIMS doctor examine Mrs. Dayalu Karunanidhi

A four-member AIIMS team constituted on the directions of Supreme Court examined DMK chief M. Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal in Chennai to ascertain whether she was medically fit to depose before the special CBI court in Delhi as a witness in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. The team of doctors from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi examined the 82-year old Ammal for about two hours at her Gopalapuram residence in Chennai.

Hearing a plea by Ms. Ammal’s daughter Selvi seeking a direction to exempt her mother from appearing before the trial court as prosecution witness on medical ground, the Supreme Court on July 10 directed the AIIMS Director to constitute a medical board to examine her to assess her condition.

Ms. Selvi had contended that Ms. Dayalu had been diagnosed with cognitive and behavioural abnormalities in June 2012 and that she was progressively and gradually losing recognition of even her near and dear ones.

Earlier, the special CBI court had on May 31 dismissed Ms. Ammal’s exemption plea, saying she is an “important witness” as she was a director in Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd in which an alleged bribe amount of Rs 200 crore was received.

Mr. Karunanidhi’s daugther and DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi is one of the accused in the case.

2013 Election Tracker Survey: Tamil Nadu

Political battles in the southern states have traditionally been between the Congress and regional parties except in Tamil Nadu where the grand old party of India has been reduced to one of the also-rans. According to a CSDS-CNN-IBN survey in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka the ruling parties in the respective states are sitting pretty. But the survey reveals that in Andhra Pradesh the Congress, which had swept the state in 2009, is facing a tough time over Telangana and the rise of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress.

Tamil Nadu voters are behind the government of AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa and rate it better than the previous M Karunanidhi regime. The

Karunanidhi-led DMK's decision to withdraw from Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is also viewed as a political drama. The satisfaction with Jayalalithaa administration is down from 70 per cent in 2011 to 65 per cent in 2013 and dissatisfaction up from 16 per cent two years ago to 28 per cent at present.

While the vote shares of the AIADMK, Congress and BJP has increased, the DMK has slipped further. But only the AIADMK is able to benefit from the increase in vote share and is likely to win 16-20 in July 2013 seats compared to only nine in 2009. In spite of a three percentage increase in vote share to 18 per cent from 15, the Congress's tally is likely to fall between 1-5 seats from eight.

The DMK, too, will see a drop in the number of seats. The party will end up with 8-12 MPs from 18 in the current Lok Sabha. The other smaller parties are likely to bag 2-14 seats.

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2013 Election Tracker Survey: State Scan - "Tamil Nadu"

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Tamil Nadu: Rajya Sabha Elections 2013

The DMK chief M. Karunanidhi’s daughter Ms. Kanimozhi was re-elected to Rajya Sabha with Congress support from Tamil Nadu after a contest with actor Vijayakanth’s DMDK candidate. Four AIADMK candidates, including the party leader in Rajya Sabha V. Maitreyan and CPI’s D. Raja, however, registered comfortable wins as expected in the elections for which voting was held for the first time in 17 years.

The 45-year-old Ms. Kanimozhi, an accused in the 2G scam, sailed through the contest for a second term with 31 votes after five Congress’ MLAs voted in her favour along with two votes each from two smaller parties -- Puthiya Thamizhagam and Manithaneya Munnetrak Katchi. One vote of the DMK combine is understood to have been held invalid.

The Congress decision came as a surprise against the backdrop of the bitter separation between the two parties after nine years of friendship in the UPA coalition earlier this year.

The CPI leader D. Raja, for whom AIADMK had extended support, won with 34 votes. He has also been re-elected for a second term to the Rajya Sabha. The Four AIADMK candidates were elected comfortably.

Mr. Maitreyan with 36 votes gets a third term with his election while his other party colleagues Mr. Ratnavel and Mr. Arjunan (36 each) and Mr. Lakshmanan (35) are new entrants to the Upper House of Parliament.

The DMDK, which has suffered dissidence, lost in the elections when its candidate A.R. Elangovan got only 22 votes. Seven dissident DMDK MLAs voted for the ruling AIADMK and its supported candidates.

In the 234-member House, a candidate has to get 34 first preference votes. Three MLAs of PMK boycotted the elections. While the four AIADMK candidates and CPI’s Mr. Raja got elected on the basis of first preference votes, Ms. Kanimozhi won on the basis of counting done by elimination method.

  

TN Rajya Sabha election -2013

Total strength: 234

As PMK boycott the election, the strength of the vote reduces to 233

Each candidate securing 34 will be considered won

Also the one who score least will be eliminated in first round

As none of the voters, voted their second preferential votes, voting is purely based on first preferential votes

All the 7 rebel DMDK MLAs voted (4 voted for AIADMK and 3 voted for CPI)

One vote casted by Congress MLA is invalid (for Kanimozhi)

(1) Maitreyan (AIADMK) – 36 #

(2) Arjunan (AIADMK) - 36

(3) Lakshmanan (AIADMK) – 35

(4) Rathinavel (AIADMK) - 36

(5) D. Raja (CPI) – 34 #

(6) Kanimozhi (DMK) – 31 #

(7) Elangovan (DMDK) – 22

First 6 candidates won the election

# à sitting Rajya Sabha MPs

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OF STATES (RAJYA SABHA) REPRESENTING TAMIL NADU

Elected Members: 18   

Term of Office: One third of the Members retire on the expiration of every 2 years

Sl.No.	Name of the Member	Party Affiliation	Date of Expiry
	Tmt. Kanimozhi	D.M.K.	24. 07. 2013
	Thiru Tiruchi N. Siva	D.M.K.
	Thiru A.Elavarasan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
	Dr. V.Maitreyan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
	Thiru B.S. Gnanadesikan	I.N.C.
	Thiru D. Raja	C.P.I.
1	Thiru. S. Amir Ali Jinnah,	D.M.K.	02. 04. 2014
2	Tmt. Vasanthi Stanley	D.M.K.
3	Thiru G.K. Vasan	I.N.C.
4	Tmt. Jayanthi Natarajan	I.N.C.
5	Thiru. T.K. Rangarajan	C.P.I.(M)
6	Thiru. N. Balaganga	A.I.A.D.M.K.
7	Dr.K.P. Ramalingam	D.M.K.	29.06.2016
8	Thiru S. Thangavelu	D.M.K.
9	Thiru T.M. Selvaganapathi	D.M.K.
10	Thiru Paul Manoj Pandian	A.I.A.D.M.K.
11	Thiru. E.M.Sudarsana  Natchiappan	I.N.C.
12	Thiru. A. William Rabi Bernard	A.I.A.D.M.K.
13	Tmt. Kanimozhi	D.M.K.
14	Dr. V. Maitreyan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
15	Thiru. Ratnavel	A.I.A.D.M.K.	24. 07.2 019
16	Thiru. Arjunan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
17	Thiru. Lakshmanan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
18	Thiru D. Raja	C.P.I.

Strength of TN Political parties in Rajya Sabha after the 2013 RS elections:-

#	Party	Strength
01	A.I.A.D.M.K.	07
02	D.M.K.	06
03	I.N.C.	03
04	C.P.I. (M)	01
05	C.P.I.	01
Total		18

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Jayalalithaa announces 5 candidates for RS seats

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK Chief Jayalalithaa announced five candidates for the Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu. Her decision seems to have closed the door for the State unit of the CPI which was hoping to get some seats. Elections are due for six Rajya Sabha seats. With an Assembly strength of 151, the AIADMK is assured of 4 seats (A candidate needs 34 votes to enter the Upper House). The CPI and CPI (M) together have 18 seats. Ms. Jayalalithaa has re-nominated V. Maitrayen who is the deputy leader of the AIADMK’s parliamentary party.

The names announced by Jayalalithaa are:

Ø     V. Maitrayen (deputy leader of the AIADMK’s parliamentary party)

Ø     K. R. Arjunan (Nilgiris district secretary)

Ø     T. Ratinavel (Tiruchi urban district unit secretary)

Ø     Dr R. Lakshmanan (Villupuram North district unit secretary) and

Ø     K. Thangamuthu (Secretary of AIADMK’s farmers’wing)

Now where the CPI and CPI (M) goes is a big Q?. The position of DMK and DMDK too not clear...I think, it will be of DMK + CPI + CPI (M) so that this alliance will be seen in Lok Sabha election too...

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With 29 seats in the Assembly, the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) led by Vijayakant is in a position to help another party, especially the DMK, send a candidate to the Rajya Sabha. However, the actor-turned-politician, setting his sights on the next Assembly elections, is not keen on supporting any party in the biennial election to the Upper House of Parliament, which are due to be held to fill six seats that will fall vacant on July 24. Nor is it clear if he will seek the DMK’s support for his own party’s candidate.

DMDK sources said Mr. Vijayakant had not made up his mind and had little inclination towards supporting anyone. “He feels it will be a sort of commitment and bind his party to one alliance or other, first in the coming Lok Sabha polls and then in the Assembly elections. He wants to overcome the image that the DMDK is a middle-level player which cannot seek to expand its base beyond a point,” said a senior party leader.

A candidate requires 34 votes in the 234-member Assembly to be elected to the Rajya Sabha. Of the 29 members, five legislators have defied the leadership and are functioning as AIADMK loyalists in the Assembly. Further, six members have been suspended by Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal for six months and it is not clear if they can vote in the Rajya Sabha polls.

The DMK has 23 members in the Assembly. The terms of Kanimozhi and Tiruchi N Siva are coming to an end. The DMK can nominate its candidate only if the DMDK comes forward to support it. In return, Mr. Vijayakant can expect the DMK’s support to send his nominee to the Rajya Sabha next year, when six more seats will fall vacant. Besides the two DMK members, the tenure of two AIADMK MPs and one each of the Congress and the CPI each will come to an end next month.

With 150 members in the current Assembly, the ruling AIADMK can win four seats hands down and will still have votes to spare. It is the votes of these MLAs that the CPI is counting on. Former CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan is expected to arrive in Chennai to seek the support of AIADMK leader and Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. The party has eight MLAs in Tamil Nadu and is likely to re-nominate D. Raja, its national secretary, for a Rajya Sabha seat. Though CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat had committed his party’s support to the CPI, the strain in the relationship between the two parties is a cause of concern. The CPI (M) has 10 MLAs. 

TAMIL NADU LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OF STATES (RAJYA SABHA) REPRESENTING TAMIL NADU

Elected Members: 18   

Term of Office: One third of the Members retire on the expiration of every 2 years

Sl.No.	Name of the Member	Party Affiliation	Date of Expiry
1	Tmt. Kanimozhi	D.M.K.	24. 07. 2013
2	Thiru Tiruchi N. Siva	D.M.K.
3	Thiru A.Elavarasan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
4	Dr. V.Maitreyan	A.I.A.D.M.K.
5	Thiru B.S. Gnanadesikan	I.N.C.
6	Thiru D. Raja	C.P.I.
7	Thiru. S. Amir Ali Jinnah,	D.M.K.	02. 04. 2014
8	Tmt. Vasanthi Stanley	D.M.K.
9	Thiru G.K. Vasan	I.N.C.
10	Tmt. Jayanthi Natarajan	I.N.C.
11	Thiru. T.K. Rangarajan	C.P.I.(M)
12	Thiru. N. Balaganga	A.I.A.D.M.K.
13	Dr.K.P. Ramalingam	D.M.K.	29.06.2016
14	Thiru S. Thangavelu	D.M.K.
15	Thiru T.M. Selvaganapathi	D.M.K.
16	Thiru Paul Manoj Pandian	A.I.A.D.M.K.
17	Thiru. E.M.Sudarsana  Natchiappan	I.N.C.
18	Thiru. A. William Rabi Bernard	A.I.A.D.M.K.

NOMINATED MEMBERS

Sl.No.	Name of the Member	Date of Expiry
1.	Thiru M.S. Swaminathan	09.04.2013
2	Thiru Mani Shankar Aiyar	21.03.2016

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