About two weeks back, the chief minister of a prominent state in India laughed aloud in a mocking way when asked during a private meeting if candidate of mainstream parties were spending up to Rs 25 crore each this Lok Sabha election. ``It is much, much more,'' he whispered. It was subsequently revealed that the … Continue reading The 5Ws and 1H of India’s Election Jandhan Yojana
Vellore saw a murder most foul. DMK's Durai Murugan described it as the murder of democracy. While his son's license to practise electoral politics in Vellore was temporarily rescinded, Murugan's grouse was that a similar murder taking place at Theni in south Tamil Nadu, and caught on camera, had not received similar attention in the … Continue reading The Tamil Nadu Political Gandhigiri League
KA Paul surfaces again, this time in Tamil Nadu. Okay, let me stand corrected. After the YSR Congress, a KA Paul-like strategy is being used on TTV Dhinakaran's party. Remember, how Paul, an evangelist was accused of fielding candidates on the Praja Shanti party (PSP) ticket with names notoriously similar to those of the YSR … Continue reading KA Paul-like effect on TTV Dhinakaran
One cannot be sure if the Election Commission allotted the gift pack poll symbol to TTV Dhinakaran's AMMK as a purely bureaucratic exercise or does it have a sense of subtle humour. Because in the RK Nagar byelection in 2017, there were allegations of electoral malpractises by Dhinakaran. The nephew of VK Sasikala who emerged … Continue reading EC gives Dhinakaran a `gift pack’
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