DMK failed to expose ADMK

JAYALALITHA WILL BAG 28 MPs

CONGRESS  HAS NO PRESENCE IN TAMIL NADU 

By R Rajagopalan

AIADMK is in control of Tamil Nadu-   There is no Opposition to ADMK

Karunanidhi's DMK  is fragmented with family dissensions.  

And no presence of Congress in the Tamil Nadu. 

This is the grispy description about politics of Tamil Nadu.

Congress leaders are invisible. ADMK has driven out Congress from

Tamil Nadu

That is why a senior political commentator told me that 

Jayalalitha is the modern Mahishasuramardhini 

who has taken birth to trounce Congress in Tamil Nadu.

Projections of ADMK prospects in Lok Sabha?

Visualising a possibility in the state of Tamil Nadu in the ensuing

Lok Sabha polls. 

ADMK is bound to sweep the state. My estimate is that Jayalalitha

would bag somewhere 25 to 28.  DMK 5 to 8. And ADMK allies

like Vaiko, CPI CPM might take the rest. This means wipe out

of Congress and Vijaykant DMDK.

How UPA ignored Tamil Nadu?

UPA leadership also failed to attract ADMK 

not only from the party to party contact, the UPA2 with vengence

against Jayalalitha did not try to reach out to ADMK 

from the angle of Centre and State Governments. 

It is a sad commentary that none of the Union Ministers

had discussed the basic issues pertaining to the 

economic, commercial and public werlfare  developments of

Tamil Nadu   None of the Union Ministers drove to Tamil Nadu

Secretariat to meet Jayalalitha.  The arrogant behaviour of

few Union Ministers made Jayalalitha and also ADMK to go

after Congress in the state and finish the Congress roots in the

state.

What are crucial issues ?

Crucial issues in Tamil Nadu are three.  Power shortage-slow 

motion of infrastructure developments and massive hike in bus fare and 

in essential commodities prices

Corruption of course is an issue in Tamil Nadu, but Jayalalitha 

In her two years of regime-did not go in for with glare.

Sri Lankan Tamil issue was a temporary baloon floated by

one section of DMK, which grounded with their withdrawal of

support to UPA.

Why DMK is disintegrated?

DMK is ridden with family disputes. When I interacted with a senior DMK leader

and son of Karunanidhi- he openly confessed that future of DMK without his father

is bleak. And he agreed that one section would surrender to ADMK.

And politically speaking weakened DMK is an asset to -Jayalalitha

ADMK does not have a single enemy in the state of Tamil Nadu.

And that is proved - as Jayalalitha approached the Rajya Sabha elections. 

She has comfortable majority in the state assembly- ADMK could have bagged five seats

out of six. But she let go one for the sake of CPI. And this calculated political gamble

had put the DMK in tight spot. Jayalalitha anticipated that DMK would again try out with Congress

Closely interacted with top leaders of  ADMK, DMK and DMDK and PMK during my ten days visit

to Tamil Nadu- gave me an understanding that negative factors of the ruling ADMK  are not properly

being politically encashed or exploited by major opposition party DMK. 

The power shortage in the state should have created a public outburst. DMK failed to do this.

Needless to say that  timely rains-saved ADMK  

But too calculated moves of Jayalalitha during the peak summer has been - 

to ensure that ADMK sympathisers and her voter bank

is given "daily doses of incentives"  Amma Unavagam- Amma canteen is too popular

Cheap idlies and snacks. She found such gimmicks pay political dividends to ADMK

Exactly after a fortnight of Amma Canteen, Jayalalitha has gone in for providing subsidies

vegetables. And she announced from C N Annadurai birthday September 15 onwards

school going students will get cheaper mineral water bottle for Rs 10.

Having reported Parliament for 30 years- and my specialisation has been question hour.

That has given me immense knowledge on Governance.   What a clarity from

Question Hour a Political correspondent would get-with the articulation of many senior

BJP, Left and some Congress Ministers replies in Lok Sabha and in Rajya Sabha.

But in the state of Tamil Nadu this is missing.  For each and every question

the Chief Minister Jayalalitha replies. There is an absence of participation

and articulation of an issue by other political minds in the ADMK.

And here Jayalalitha of course certainly resembles like Narendra Modi

who also do not permit others to grow taller in their statures.

Such may be the regional aspirational trends in 2014 Lok Sabha polls

And future debates in Parliament.

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