The changing Political scenario in TN

When Jayalalithaa had come to Delhi the last time, it was speculated that the Congress was again going to change its partner in Chennai. But all such speculation cleared out when PM Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi reached Chennai for the inauguration of the new building of the Tamil Nadu Assembly.

Now, local Congress leaders have again started singing the same tune. A new Government comes in every five years in Tamil Nadu; keeping this history in mind, this time Congress leaders want to fight elections with AIADMK. They argue that Jayalalithaa would be giving around 120 seats to the Congress whereas DMK will not give more than 80. G K Wasan, president of Pradesh Congress has given a 50:50 formula. It means, out of 234 seats the Congress should fight on half and DMK should take the rest. But DMK is not ready on this. Making this an issue, the local Congressmen want to change the alliance partner. They argue that there is much infighting in Karunanidhi’s family; first Azhagiri and Stalin would be fighting for the ticket and then plotting the defeat of one another’s candidates.

They argue that in this scenario Congress would be facing a great loss. Jayalalithaa can be benefitted from this family feud. But senior leaders are eying the equations of the Lok Sabha. The DMK has 18 MPs and the AIADMK has only 9. Despite this fact, former Minister K V Thangabalu wants that Congress should go for an alliance with Jayalalithaa and fight on more seats.

That is why the loyal leaders of Thangabalu are blowing up the corruption charges on Telecom Minister A Raja. It’s also a fact that Jayalalithaa can make an alliance with lesser seats only to keep the DMK out of power.

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