On Sunday evening, 48 hours to go before nominations closed for the 18 April elections in Tamil Nadu, the Congress High command gave in. It agreed to Karti Chidambaram’s candidature for the […]
Congress fields Karti Chidambaram in Sivaganga. Finally
T S Sudhir
Print, TV, Digital media Journalist for over 27 years. Political commentator, Documentary filmmaker, Satirist. Author of Badminton player Saina Nehwal's biography (2012).
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