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Remind Her of King Canute!!
The much awaited General Council meeting of the AIADMK produced
nothing unexpected. It has authorised Jayalalitha to hold
alliance talks with other parties for the ensuing Lok Sabha
polls. This is a time honoured convention in all Dravidian
parties.
The decision to establish camps for the young men and women was
the only new announcement. This was also not totally unexpected.
There has been a wide spread belief that the youth of Tamil Nadu
are now behind Vijayakanth. The DMDK declared that it would
specially work for the welfare of the youth.
This prompted the DMK to hold at Tirunelveli
a separate Youth Conference, which attracted over five lakh
young men and women form all over the State.
The AIADMK does not want to be left behind in
the competition to woo the young voters, who form a sizable
chunk in the total electorate. Hence the decision to form
separate camps for them. It is to be seen how this is going to
work and how far this would help the party to regain power. This
step also is indicative of the party's desperate last ditch
attempt to take the reigns of power again.
Tinge of haughtiness?
But her speech was authoritarian in
character. She said , “No party in the State, whether it is an
old party or a new party that is born yesterday, can do politics
in the State without uttering my name. Out of the ten
resolutions passed in the DMK MLAs' meet, nine mentioned me by
name. They may be in power. We are not in power. But, they are
afraid of us”. Any political analyst can assert that these words
emanate from frustration and despair.. It has a tinge of
arrogance, thoroughly unbecoming of a tall leader. It is high
time someone reminded her of King Canute.
H Ramakrishnan
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