Lok Paritran has decided to contest in 12 seats in the forthcoming elections in the state, six of which will be in Chennai. No surprises here as they have a greater chance of wooing Chennaiites than say Vridachalam, where the erstwhile Captain is soliciting votes successfully if we have to believe Sudhish's account. LP is also contesting from Rasipuram in Salem district which is kinda surprising. Rasipuram, ofcourse is famous for producing State-Firsts year after year in the HSC exams. I wonder if that has got anything to do with LP's decision - a town that takes its education seriously is more likely to vote for a party like LP. I guess.
The alliances (some shameless and some merely oppurtunistic) and seat-sharings are behind us. Anyway with election promises varying from the outright silly (colour TV for all families) to unlikely (free electricity) to positively probable but incredibly difficult (interlinking of rivers within the state), the elections promise to be interesting. Chennai, especially will be interesting to watch.
Anyway I hope that all the political parties will involve themselves in debates of policy than mudslinging contests. Seriously ppl, we are not interested in how many people you or your kith/kin slept with, whether you are 'true' Tamil blood, your views on Kushboo's views or how many pairs of sandals you have/had.
The Tamil people have historically alternated between DMK and ADMK, swinging from one to another. However, there is a general optimism with Amma's performance at the helm of affairs that it is quite likely that she may return to power. But its too early to make any predictions. Lets wait and see what the opposition has up its sleeve. I do hope that Amma (or whoever comes to power) doesn't commit the same mistakes Mr.Chandrababu Naidu did - concentrating all the development work on one city, and do give us a well-governed prosperous Tamil Nadu.
2 comments:
Yes, true !! Those lines that said "We dont care about your views on Kushboo's views " - Thats so true buddy !!
It will take some time for people to see LP as a viable option and realise its potential. But that wait is worth the time. Blogs like these, web-based outreach, email-based information streamlinining are what LP needs at a time when free TVs/(heard about the free cable connection in triplicane?) seem to be the talk of the day and when people like simran can do election campaigning.
Cheers,
Rajesh
moral policing is a whole new ball game - and our politicians have perfected it. (add naming of movies to the i don't care list)
LP is going to need a lot more than web-based outreach and e-mail fwds. i wud be keen to see if voters show any signs of 'decision-making' when they put their ballots. lets wait and see.
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