Former MP and president of newly-floated YSR Congress Party Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy is perhaps one of the richest politicians in India, with declared assets of Rs.365 crores.

Former chief minister and JD(S) state president H.D. Kumaraswamy is in no mood to retract his controversial comments on Mahatma Gandhi and corruption.
In fact, he went a step further on Wednesday saying that he stood by his comments and did not mind being described as a “villain” for speaking the truth.

Voicing confidence that his party will win the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday hinted at a possible coalition government, a key issue said to have been raised by long-time ally Congress as a post-poll arrangement.

Unravelling the political message of the poll percentage in Kerala is often more difficult than deciphering the Da Vinci Code.
However, poll pundits say that the higher turnout in Malabar on Wednesday indicates a Left tilt while in central Kerala and Malappuram, it has a pro-UDF tilt. The south, with a lower a poll share, will play the balancing act.

At the end of a month-long caustic campaign which ended in incidents of sporadic violence, Kerala voted peacefully on Wednesday, registering nearly 75 per cent polling to elect 140 members to the state Assembly.

AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa on Thursday claimed the high voter turnout for the Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu was a reflection of people's "anger" against the ruling DMK and their resolve to oust the Karunanidhi-led government.

Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy received a big setback ahead of the Kadapa bypolls as the chief minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, managed to win back some of his loyalists back to the Congress camp.

Charging the ruling DMK with unleashing violence ahead of Wednesday’s Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday urged Election Commission and state police to ensure free and fair elections.

Defending its senior leader M.K. Stalin for his comments against AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa, the DMK on Tuesday said the deputy chief minister had only made a “true and fair comment” on her marital status, which could “never be construed as defamatory or derogatory”.

All preparations have been completed for the elections to 13th Kerala Assembly to be held on Wednesday.
Distribution of polling materials was completed on Tuesday evening. Polling will begin on 7 am and conclude at 5 pm on Wednesday.