BJPâs Electoral Strategy for Tamil Nadu in 2021 is the De-Dravidisation of State Politics
With the Hindutva wave seemingly at its peak across India, the BJP has staged a few theatrics to cement its hold in the state.
A BJP supporter carries the party s flag. Photo: Reuters
Politics19/Feb/2021
As Tamil Nadu heads towards assembly elections this year, the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre and the AIADMK-led government in the state can sense the ascendance of the DMK and seem determined to base their strategy on issues such as OBC reservation and religion-related controversies.
Realising the political dynamics of caste in Tamil Nadu, the BJP was the first political party to appoint a Nadar woman (Sudra caste) Tamilisai Soundararajan as the governor of Telangana and appointed two Dalit workers, L. Murugan and V.P. Duraisamy, as president and vice-president of BJP’s state unit, respectively.
Coimbatore: Forest department officials are on the lookout for a man, who killed and cooked a crow pheasant on the bund of Pallipalayam lake at Sulur.
A group of bird watchers, who chanced upon the man, had informed the officials. “Though we knew these birds were getting poached by men who visit the Tasmac outlet on the lake bund, we saw it for the first time,” said bird watcher M Ananth. “We saw fresh feathers of crow pheasant and saw the man cooking the meat. When we caught him, he said the bird was injured and was dying. We don’t believe it because people don’t cook dead birds.”