CHENNAI, March 20 -- As K Annamalai, the Tamil Nadu BJP chief drove down to the residence of Dr S Ramadoss, founder of the Vanniyar dominated Pattali Makkal Katchi to sign the electoral alliance for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls, the AIADMK led by Edappadi K Palaniswamy has been left high and dry in the State politics. For the first time in recent history of Tamil Nadu, a new challenger in the role of BJP has emerged to take on the might of the DMK.
According to the agreement signed by the BJP and the PMK on Tuesday (astrologically selected because it happened to be an auspicious day), the latter has been allocated ten seats out of the 39 seats at stake in Tamil Nadu. The PMK which has been bargaining with the AIADMK and BJP preferred to go ...