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I think the article writer is not getting the facts or chronology right.
Annamalai was targeted by AIADMK for being young, sharp, coming from same region as EPS making him a direct competition to the upcoming leader like EPS. I have voted since 2001 in TN and haven’t heard of EPS. When he became CM, we asked “who is EPS”.
EPS used his 2nd ring leaders to make personal attacks on Annamalai and it was a chain reaction one from another.
DMK also felt Annamalai’s flamboyant raise is dangerous to not very charismatic, failed actor, immature politician like Udayanidhi Stalin.
Hence they also were targeting Annamalai with personal attacks, calling him Aadu I.e Goat in Tamil mocking his family profession, butchering a goat in the middle of the road to celebrate his defeat in Coimbatore etc.
None of this is being covered in theprint.in.
H. Raja is a seasoned experienced politician and in BJP party longer than many Aiadmk functionaries. So ADMK has no credibility bashing H.Raja mentioning him as a novice etc. The chain reaction has stopped for now and will pickup once K. Annamalai is back.
I am surprised theprint.in is very tilted towards DMK. May be due to soft corner or advertisement revenues.
I think the article writer is not getting the facts or chronology right.
Annamalai was targeted by AIADMK for being young, sharp, coming from same region as EPS making him a direct competition to the upcoming leader like EPS. I have voted since 2001 in TN and haven’t heard of EPS. When he became CM, we asked “who is EPS”.
EPS used his 2nd ring leaders to make personal attacks on Annamalai and it was a chain reaction one from another.
DMK also felt Annamalai’s flamboyant raise is dangerous to not very charismatic, failed actor, immature politician like Udayanidhi Stalin.
Hence they also were targeting Annamalai with personal attacks, calling him Aadu I.e Goat in Tamil mocking his family profession, butchering a goat in the middle of the road to celebrate his defeat in Coimbatore etc.
None of this is being covered in theprint.in.
H. Raja is a seasoned experienced politician and in BJP party longer than many Aiadmk functionaries. So ADMK has no credibility bashing H.Raja mentioning him as a novice etc. The chain reaction has stopped for now and will pickup once K. Annamalai is back.
I am surprised theprint.in is very tilted towards DMK. May be due to soft corner or advertisement revenues.