While Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai’s provocations may have triggered the AIADMK’s exit from NDA, the BJP has also made other big mistakes, writes political analyst Ramu Manivannan, while analysing the party’s future prospects in the state.
Last week, the DMK marked the death anniversary of Sekaran, who was murdered in 1957. His death continues to reverberate in contemporary Tamil Nadu, illustrating the divisions between the backward Thevar community and Dalits in the southern part of the state.