With the #10YearChallenge that is about posting photos of individuals from 2009 and from today, to check their physical changes, taking the social media by storm, how about a similar exercise for Tamilnadu from the political angle, for the State’s politics witnessed a sea change in the last decade?
Author: M Bhaskar Sai
In fact, unlike Kumaraswamy who already had the experience of tasting power, Palaniswami was a novice when he became the Chief Minister, and many were waiting to write him off, saying, ‘he won’t be able to retain the CM post for more than 10 days’.
The war of words between the main Opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the fledgling Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam intensified today, with the DMK mouthpiece Murasoli carrying a stinging article, taking a dig at AMMK founder T T V Dhinakaran.
While the special court for cases against MPs, MLAs in Chennai is passing orders that have sent a chill down the spine of politicians, especially with Balakrishna Reddy losing his Minister post due to one such verdict, the Madras High Court, on the other hand, is sounding strong warning to top officials with its recent orders.
The sad reality is, perhaps for the first time in the history of the State, people of 20 constituencies in Tamilnadu are left without not even one elected representative, since there are already no local body representatives in the State for more than two years, due to delay in the conduct of civic polls.
Soon after the Pongal jallikattu, Tamilnadu will witness a poll jallikattu, as the 28 January Tiruvarur by-election is a prestige issue for the ruling AIADMK, main Opposition DMK and the fledgling AMMK.
In 2018, almost every day was field day for meme-makers in these parts, as they were supplied content non-stop by top personalities from various walks of life. Nobody was left out by these modern day message-messiahs who take the comedy route to convey even the most serious of criticism.
 The New Year is almost here. Though 2018 is ending on a confusing note for Tamilnadu politics, with no clarity on many issues, 2019 is expected to make certain things clear.
“Though OPS is head of the party as per the merger deal, he kept a low profile all these days. But, with elections approaching, he is conveying a message or two with his words and acts,” said a source.