Key Points
The two main Dravidian parties the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) have decided to keep the fight between each other, virtually turning it into a bipolar contest...
Though it seemed like a fight between the DMK and the BJP in the initial phases of the election campaign, the DMK and the AIADMK have now realised that the BJP is trying to centre itself in the political discourse in the state and decided to ignore the party, said political analysts...
At the introduction meeting of candidates in Coimbatore on 23 March, AIADMK former minister S.P. Velumani first emphasised that the real fight is with the DMK, and that the BJP set to get the third position.. Velumani even mocked the BJP, asking the party to get booth committee members before competing with the AIADMK...
Ramasamy, former head of the Tamil department at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, said the real intention of the BJP is not to win the Lok Sabha election but to end up as runner-up to the ruling DMK and then pitch itself as the prime opposition in 2026...
As alliance talks for the Lok Sabha polls started, the AIADMK could only get the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) formed by actor-turned-politician late Vijayakanth, the Social Democratic Party of India, the Puthiya Tamilagam led by K. Krishnasamy, and the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi...
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