Chennai sources have stated that as Tamilnadu grappled with political uncertainty following the death of chief minister J. Jayalalitha last December, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was accused of maneuvering political affairs in the state. Meanwhile the sudden disappearance of the two principal Dravidian leaders Jayalalitha’s death and the departure from centre stage of 93 year old Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M. Karunanidhi has led analysts to speculate about the next political course in the state.
For Tamilnadu, which is celebrating its 50 years of Dravidian parties’ rule, there could be a space that is emerging for an alternative force. The Writer cum translator Aazhi Senthilnathan said Tamilnadu which is on the lookout for a new political force would want a party that is better than the DMK and ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).
Moreover N. Sathiya Moorthy, director of the
Chennai chapter of think tank Observer Research Foundation said that selling
BJP to Tamilnadu voters is a difficult task and that the saffron party hasn’t
understood or made any attempts to learn about the state and its people.
Further Writer Senthilnathan said, “Tamilnadu will certainly surpass DMK and
AIADMK. But that cannot be BJP; rather it would be a space for another regional
force to emerge.”
