While pundits scramble to perform a post-mortem on the TVK landslide, the secret was hiding in plain sight: a perfect storm of cinematic timing, a leadership vacuum, and the slow collapse of the AIADMK
This comes two days after the Congress ditched the DMK and decided to join hands with actor-politician Vijay’s TVK in Tamil Nadu in an attempt to form a government in the southern state.
Leaders of the Samajwadi Party have defended Akhilesh Yadav’s post, saying the Congress has not led the INDIA bloc the way it should and has ditched DMK, its longstanding ally in Tamil Nadu.
With the DMK, Congress relies on the ally's cadre and resources to fight elections, and the strike rate has been remarkable. The TVK has a charismatic leader who can convert personal appeal into votes for those he endorses, and it does not yet have a…
The DMK’s welfare regime is one of the most elaborate in the country and the one the others copied. By the textbook of welfare delivery, it should have won. It did not
From the cool halls of the Kalaignar Library to the heat of the Meenakshi temple market, Madurai Central revealed a state caught between the DMK’s governance, the BJP’s muscle, and Vijay’s idealistic surge
