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Chennai: A day after quitting as a member of the National Commission for Women (NCW), actor-politician Khushbu Sundar attended the Independence Day celebrations at the BJP headquarters in Chennai where she spoke at length that there was no controversy or pressure behind her decision and that she genuinely wanted to focus more on politics...
BJP state president Annamalai, by and large the only prominent voice attacking the DMK government and spreading Modis word in Tamil Nadu, is going on a three-month fellowship..
Known for her vocal and bold statements, the actors crowd-puller image, political analysts say, will help the BJP to raise the partys voice, especially during the absence of Annamalai whether or not she is formally given a position...
With her reentry into active politics two years before the Assembly polls, political analysts think that the BJP, which doesnt have a mass leader yet in the state, can use her crowd-puller capabilities in its favour even though she may face factionalism due to her past associations with the DMK and the Congress...
We dont know if they are going to give her the post, considering that she didnt start her political journey with the BJP and the caste dynamics in the party, Ramasamy says.. The Tamil Nadu BJP units factionalism came to the fore following the Lok Sabha polls, in which the party drew a blank in the state..
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