After a break, alliance activities for Lok Sabha elections reached a high in Tamilnadu today, with the ruling AIADMK and the main opposition DMK speeding up talks and seat sharing agreements with partners.
Author: M Bhaskar Sai
The alliance express of Tamilnadu, which took off on top gear more than a week ago with AIADMK and DMK signing pacts with partners, faced a sudden halt because of two reasons- tension in India-Pakistan border and the indecisiveness of Vijayakanth’s DMDK.
With the whole country waiting for his safe return and with multiple theories doing the rounds about his release, News Today spoke to a retired Army official to know what is the way forward.
Today was yet another day of hectic parleys and brainstorming sessions in the political camps of Tamilnadu, in view of the Lok Sabha elections.
By allotting eight seats (seven Lok Sabha and one Rajya Sabha) to the Pattali Makkal Katchi and convincing the BJP, the country’s ruling party, to settle for five, Palaniswami has made a smart move. But, the most sharp and suave strategy lies in getting the support of the PMK and BJP for AIADMK candidates in the by-election to be held to 21 Assembly constituencies in Tamilnadu.
On Tuesday, Jayalalithaa’s successors – Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (AIADMK’s joint coordinator) and Deputy CM O Panneerselvam (party coordinator) – finalised the seat-sharing agreement with the BJP and PMK for the Lok Sabha elections.
To err is human, especially during public speeches. But, in Tamilnadu, where the gift of gab is considered an important ingredient to climb political ladder, each and every word uttered by politicians is under scanner. And, when they misspell something, they get instantly trolled on social media with multitudes of memes.
To err is human, especially during public speeches. But, in Tamilnadu, where the gift of the gab is considered an important ingredient to climb the political ladder, each and every word uttered by politicians is under the scanner. And, when they mispronounce something, they get instantly trolled on social media with multitudes of memes.
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress may be the big bosses of Indian politics. But, when it comes to Tamilnadu, they are always left at the mercy of regional Dravidian giants – the AIADMK and DMK.