A "Fort" Breach in Chennai!
DMK has won the election in Tamil Nadu in India and Karunanidhi is ready to take over as the next Chief Minister. Old News! But an interesting observation is how come, out of 14 constituencies in Chennai which has always been a DMK strong hold, it could only retain six while Amma's AIADMK gained like seven constituencies?
Lately, in any election you think of, till the last vote is counted results can go one way or the other. Well, we know of US stand off (Bush Vs Gore/Kerry). We had been closely watching Italy's elections (Prodi & Berlusconi). In TamilNadu alone, things won't work like that, well, until this time. This election was a close watch. MK Stalin, the next serious contender for Chief Ministerial post if his father (Karunanidhi) fails/declines, won by a meager margin of 2400 votes. Well, if you think that is a small number, just consider this. Anbazhagan just narrowly escaped from a defeat - 409 votes!! Did DMK take Chennai for granted?
So, what changes did Jayalalitha bring during her tenure to gain popularity among the Chennaiites? Is it because of her drinking water scheme? Or is it because of her money distribution scheme for whoever got/didn't get affected because of the monsoons?
Whatever it is, two things have to be appreciated in this election. I feel there is 100% truth in the following statement made by Karunanidhi.
The DPA had withstood a "money wave" unleashed by AIADMK, and had swum across it due to dedicated work.DMK did dare to fight against AIADMK's money! The second thing is, how VijayKanth confidently stood candidates in all 234 constituencies. He not only did that, but his popularity made sure his candidates get like more than 8000 votes in all the constituencies. Guess, he sure split the votes and that sure is one of the main reasons for the defeat of Amma.
--MidDay
Judgement is over! Its the time for bringing more developments into Tamil Nadu. I just hope & wish, with more funding to come from the central government (which was always stopped by the AIADMK) for this new state government that the people of TamilNadu should gain good benefits unless corruption plays its hands.
7 comments:
I appreciate your efforts to understand T.N elections but perhaps, Jags, you seem to know very little about AIADMK and Karunanidhi’s past repute. Let me tell you that Karunanidhi is one of the most corrupt politicians around the world (oops! I’m wrong he can never match Bush). He even mixed horse dung in food items, and guess who exposed him – Jaya Lalitha. He was involved in many other scams too. He has even been to jail a couple of times. And the statement he gave which you find true is absolutely false. And people worship amma. And she deserves it. She runs many charities, helps the poor and does a lot for the needy. But it’s a dirty game of politics and we know anything can happen. Anyway, did you support Bush or Kerry? I always wanted Kerry to become the prez. What about you?
Ahh! There are too much of allegations on Karunanidhi & too much of praise of Jaya. Guess you are an ardent AIADMK ian!
Anyways, I know for sure it was all money game this time from AIADMK! The way the 'Forward Bloc' candidates are handled, how actors (like Sarath) & actresses (like Simran) were bought & brought!! Funny, crappy, start studded politics!
yeah! it was a bit offensive but honest. i still stand by what i said. i knew it wud be tough for u to keep that comment. tell me one thing, does usa wanna setup a democracy in iraq? i'm asking u this coz u r a us citizen and i guess u might be having some idea. there are many other querries i wanna solve about us' actions and plans. one by one i'll throw 'em at u.
Ezz! I guess U got something wrong here! I jzz donno how u got to tht conclusion that I'm a US citizen! Well, FYI, I have been in US for like 5-6 years.
Neways, I sincerely believe US has been trying a lot for democracy in Iraq. Well, I never imagined it would take such a long time though!
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