T.N. election 2026: When an ‘underdog’ MGR stunned many with his 1980 victory in Tamil Nadu

2026-03-27 - 07:29

After President N. Sanjiva Reddy invoked Article 356 on a Sunday night in February 1980 to dismiss CMs in nine States, including Tamil Nadu’s M.G. Ramachandran, many in this State thought the victory of the Congress-DMK coalition in the Assembly poll was a given. Yet, it was the AIADMK that emerged victorious