Monday, 3 March 2014

The wily fox and other political animals

I woke to another day of political drama
The newspaper had front page news about Sahara Shri and all his wrongs
But wat was more interesting was Kalaignar's comment
He extolled Modi!!
There is our clue to the new alliance in the making

Politicians are brash folk
They have to catch the attention of millions of people!
Karunanidhi maybe just the man the BJP are looking for.
In 2009 when Madam had victory soo close it was considered absolute...
Kalaignar won!
In a moment of absolute brilliance he announced free TVs!!
The roaring masses stamped his name with love , almost lust.

Some claim he did it to bring SUN tv to every household.
Of course the TVs were terrible and most were  re-sold in Kerala and Karnataka.
But he stole a certain victory!!

Like many others he usurped a movement that was begun with true conviction!
Gandhi began the freedom movement with great ideals.
He ordered the congress to be dismantled once freedom was achieved
Nehru the strategist, realized this legacy will be enough to win him elections for many decades.
It did!
Arvind kejriwal began as a supporter of Anna Hazare and catapulted the movement into a political party.
The benefits of Anna's honesty and cause, are entirely his!
Soo too Kalaignar used the Dravida movement's greatest thinker Annadurai and the party's
reformist legacy to his benefit, creating a fiefdom of power!

TN is now a strong hold of two parties with a third battling at the fringes.
If the banners and hoarding were an indicator of power, then Madam can only weighed against
the entire Lok Sabha!!
Obama and Francoise Hollande( who definitely has other plans ) are cheering her on!
But are the Tamil people ??
Power , governance, decision making and jus plain bewilderment are all in play..

If DMK exploits the anti incumbency and BJP forgets that its tying up with an atheist
forward class basher, we may have the weirdest winning combination!!
Built on desperation ........ but this elections everyone seems desperate

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