There is a dynamic dynamic in Tamil Nadu politics which is a difficult task to follow.
After the death of J Jayalalithaa in December 2016, the AIADMK continues to grapple with internal challenges. One after the other – in times of constant discontent – senior party leaders are at war with each other. At any point after her death, Jayalalithaa’s party had two factions; When VK was Sasikala’s nephew and in the daily news cycle, the AIADMK had three factions: one led by itself, and the other by O Panneerselvam and Edappadi Palaniswami.
After a series of side-switching, the AIADMK has now settled into a new power dynamic. Palaniswami has managed to support the party’s general council, which has around 2,300 members, in the form of Numero Uno. The man of Erode has significantly consolidated power, and for all practical purposes, calls the shots in the affairs of the party. Meanwhile, Panneerselvam has played a clever game of political legitimacy versus legal legitimacy to thwart Palaniswami’s plan to take complete control of the party. While Palaniswami reigns, Panneerselvam has managed to get the letter.
On Wednesday, the Madras High Court delivered a judgment that struck down the validity of the proceedings of the General Council that all gave total power to Palaniswami. With this, Panneerselvam has strengthened his hold in the top-order politics of AIADMK.
A day later, Panneerselvam extended an olive branch not only to Palaniswami, but also to VK Sasikala and TTV Dinakaran, and urged them to work for the larger cause of “uniting the AIADMK”. Panneerselvam described Palaniswami as his “beloved brother” at a press conference on Thursday. Palaniswami appeared before the news media microphone an hour later to accuse Panneerselvam of being “closer” to the DMK, and wondered why Panneerselvam could not prove his popularity in the general council meetings of the AIADMK. Meanwhile, Dhinakaran has made a statement acknowledging Panneerselvam’s olive branch.
One thing is clear: the more things appear to be changing in the AIADMK, the more they remain the same as politics always comes back to square one. This is true, at least as far as the OPs-EPS relationship is concerned. Since September 2017, when Panneerselvam merged his faction with Palaniswami, he has been an uneasy member of the AIADMK bandwagon, reluctant to fully support Palaniswami, but seeking to revolt within the party. are largely incapacitated.
In what appears to be a fresh breakout of crossfire between the factions, it seems AIADMK is gearing up for another long, drawn out fight, which will certainly be legal as well.
What are the implications of this?
The political dynamics in the state are changing, while the AIADMK is completely engrossed in its internal problems. From protesting festivals of ‘beef biryani’ to launching a ‘scam exposed’ report against the ruling DMK, a staunch BJP has often tried to capture the political narrative in the state. State BJP president K Annamalai also took out a massive rally in Chennai towards the state secretariat and urged the state to reduce fuel prices.
The DMK has also voluntarily taken on the opposition of the BJP. For example, recently, the Madurai district BJP took a strong and standoffish approach to the visit of DMK leader and Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan to honor a martyred soldier from the district. A BJP member had thrown a shoe at the minister’s car. The minister refused to debate it, instead choosing to stay away from talking about mixing politics and the military.
Nevertheless, the conclusion here is that the BJP is taking the dynamics of change in Tamil Nadu to its advantage. Consider another example: Recently, just before the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, politics was over who should get the accolades for the event, the DMK government in the state or the BJP-led government at the Centre. Apparently, the DMK threw its weight behind its leader and Chief Minister MK Stalin, while the local BJP unit objected to putting out pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on hoardings in public areas promoting the event.
The debates around the start of the event were around the boycott of PM Modi’s photographs and the Centre’s contribution in organizing the efforts of the Tamil Nadu government, to the BJP’s full side and complete delight. To make the event a grand success.
Political observers feel that it may be too late for leaders of the major opposition party in Tamil Nadu to realize that the narrative has slipped out of their hands, and it may usher in a new brand of politics, one that is purely regional tug of war. will remove War prevailing in Tamil Nadu for more than 50 years.
So the big question is, will the real AIADMK please rise up?
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