(File) Erode East bypoll DMK candidate V.C. Chandirakumar (second left) with family members pose for photographs outside a ...

The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu is confident of securing a massive victory in the Erode East bye-election, with its candidate, senior party leader and former MLA V.C.

Tamil nationalists seeking to replace the Dravidian movement have begun to blame Periyar and his ideology as the root cause of what they call the “evils ravaging Tamil society.” They reject the term ...