The Hindu

T.N. election 2026: When an underdog MGR stunned many with his 1980 victory in Tamil Nadu

After PresidentN. Sanjiva Reddy invoked Article 356on a Sunday night inFebruary 1980 to dismiss CMs in nine States, including Tamil Nadus M.G. Ramachandran, many in this Statethoughtthe victory of the Congress-DMK coalition in the Assembly pollwas a given. Yet, it was theAIADMK thatemergedvictorious