Southern India is heading for the mother of all polls in next year and as usual, the BJP is geared up for it.
Chennai Siyasat.net
After good performance in Hyderabad local elections, The BJP is also eyeing to make an impact in Tamil Nadu state polls next year.
BJP lawmaker Subramanian Swamy says, “Tamil Nadu is ready for Hindutva driven politics and Tamilians are fed up with others who have been corrupt and have failed.”
In fact, Modi’s lieutenant Amit Shah has already struck a deal for an alliance with the state’s ruling outfit AIADMK.
However, the BJP’s game plans in Tamil Nadu have been somewhat disturbed as popular movie star Rajinikanth has announced floating a new party in January next year and has called for a shift to “spiritual politics.”
For the last three decades, AIADMK and DMK have been sharing power in the state every five years. Both these parties have been trying to push a politics of anti-religion.
Hence, there is a likelihood of competition between atheism, Tamil identity, nationalism, and some elements of “spiritual politics” laced with the Hindutva ideology of Rajinikanth.
The noted film star might have spoken about “spiritual politics” and might not be anti-Hindutva per se, but the only affinity to the BJP’s brand of Hindutva would not be his main political plank.
All these combine to suggest that southern India is heading for the mother of all polls in 2021 and as usual, the BJP is geared up for it.
Given the chaos, the country has been witnessing on various fronts, perhaps governance is not on the priority list for India’s ruling dispensation.
Meanwhile, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan will launch his campaign for the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections from December 13 onwards, the party said on Thursday.
The actor-politician will embark on his first phase of campaign between December 13-16, MNM Vice President, Dr R Mahendran said in a release here.
During this four-day schedule, Haasan will cover Madurai, Theni, Dindugul, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanniyakumari districts, he added.
Haasan had launched MNM in February 2018 and the party had faced last year’s Lok Sabha elections but could not return any MP.
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