
Lok Sabha polls | Forward Bloc leaders call on Edappadi Palaniswami
The Hindu
Forward Bloc leaders meet AIADMK's Palaniswami in Chennai ahead of Lok Sabha polls, strengthening alliance in Tamil Nadu.
Forward Bloc leaders called on AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami at the latter’s residence in Chennai on Friday, March 15, 2024, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
The Forward bloc delegation included senior functionaries Naren Chatterjee, G. Devarajan, G.R. Sivasankar and former legislator P.V. Kathiravan. The Forward Bloc is an ally of the AIADMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












