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Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021: Dravidian Politics at Crossroads The elections to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly provide an opportunity to reassess the fault lines in the caste, religious and ethno-geographical identities in the state and their significance in electoral politics. Elections to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu were held in a single phase on 6 April 2021 with a voter turnout of 72.78%. With the counting of votes scheduled to take place on 2 May 2021, the electoral prospects of various parties and alliances are in the fray. Some of the key pre-poll formations for the 2021 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu include: i. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and including S Ramadoss’s Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and others; ....
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RSS bets on small shakhas in hinterland to make it big in TN December 23, 2020, 11:31 AM IST Suresh Bharathi scrolls down the WhatsApp messages slowly checking the updates sent from various shakhas. “Today ten people attended the shakha at Othakalmandapam,” he says, eyes fixed on the phone. Shakha at another village, Ramapattinam, has far lower attendance, just four people. But that was no reason to complain. In fact, Suresh, Coimbatore-Nilgiris zonal joint secretary of RSS, felt proud. The shakhas at Othakalmandapam and Ramapatinam in rural Coimbatore are only one month old and a sign of the organisation’s growth. Till a few months ago, shakhas, the daily hour-long congregations of RSS workers, were alien to these villages. But now the meetings have become a regular feature here and in the region. While BJP has been making concerted efforts to expand its presence through activities like Vel Yatra, the party’s ideological fountainhead RSS has ....
Suresh Bharathi scrolls down the WhatsApp messages slowly checking the updates sent from various shakhas. “Today ten people attended the shakha at Othakalmandapam,” he says, eyes fixed on the phone. Shakha at another village, Ramapattinam, has far lower attendance, just four people. But that was no reason to complain. In fact, Suresh, Coimbatore-Nilgiris zonal joint secretary of RSS, felt proud. The shakhas at Othakalmandapam and Ramapatinam in rural Coimbatore are only one month old and a sign of the organisation’s growth. Till a few months ago, shakhas, the daily hour-long congregations of RSS workers, were alien to these villages. But now the meetings have become a regular feature here and in the region. While BJP has been making concerted efforts to expand its presence through activities like Vel Yatra, the party’s ideological fountainhead RSS has been slowly making inroads in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu to achieve the same. ....