TN Politics - Big Players !!

 Let us look into some of the big players who are part of this coming Election. 

Vanathi Srinivasan Vs. Kamal haasan @ Coimbatore South

This is definitely a high profile contest since BJP bargained hard for this seat with ADMK and Mr.S.P Velumani who is the current MLA from Thondamuthur has done a decent job strengthening ADMK's position in Coimbatore region. All this makes Advocate cum Politician Vanathi Srinivasan mam a good contender. Mam attended one of our Rotary meetings and was super impressed with the way she handled QA session from public. Audience just grilled her with questions (mostly against BJP) which was even embarrassment for the hosts but the way she handled the questions I realized she will make it big one day. Kamal will his celebrity status, support from youth and literate society should win and that will earn him a debut seat in TN Assembly. The next few weeks are going to be a dream run for Kamal fans since he will make all his fans proud and known for different getups he may even sport Lee jeans and Under Armour T shirt for assembly sessions. 

Udayanidhi Stalin Vs. PMK's A.V.A Kassali @ Chepauk 

Since Udayanidhi is making his debut in Politics DMK wants to play as safe as possible by giving him a constituency which DMK can never lose and that is none other than Chepauk ....Answer is already out and he will be the winner. 

BJP's Khushbu Sundar vs DMK's Ezhilan @ Thousand Lights

Thousand Lights is basically a DMK bastion and MK Stalin scored hat trick here with three consecutive victories. Thousand lights is one area where we have people from all walks of life - upper, middle and lower class of people. This time both the contestants are new and contest is between a medical practitioner and a celebrity. Ezhilan is famous in the area due to his medical practice and Khushhu being given a chance to contest for first time (congress and DMK did not give her chance to contest) is definitely making her presence felt through aggressive campaigning. It could be a good contest but guess Ezhilan will win. 

ADMK's Kadambur Raju vs AMMK's TTV Dinakaran @ Kovilpatty

Minister Kadambur Raju has already won twice here and TTV Dinakaran contesting here makes this a good contest - basically TTV is eyeing for Mukkulathors, a community he belongs to. 

DMDK's Premelatha Vijayakanth vs PMK's Karthikeyan @ Vridachalam

DMDK and PMK are arch rivals and they both fight with respective Dravidian parties for seats. This time PMK has the upper hand since they had one great news go in their favor - TN government passed a bill to provide internal reservation of 10.5 % reservation to vanniyars few minutes before Election commission announced election date. PMK vote bank consists of Vanniyars and will play to their advantage. Premelatha wanted to contest from a place where Vijayakant won in 2011 and it will be interesting contest in Vridachalam. 

DMK's Mahesh Anbil Poyyamozhi vs ADMK's Kumar @ Thiruverambur 

Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi is showing lot of promise and coming from IT background and being a youngster who is really hands on with his approach is winning lots of appreciation from locals; Kumar on the other hand has been working very closely in the Thiruverambur area, having won 2009 and 2014 elections and skipping 2019 elections sends a message to DMK how badly ADMK wants to capture this place by making Kumar contest against Mahesh. This area is basically the industry belt of Trichy which has got over 1000 registered MSME units where nearly 70% of the units are no more functioning. A good politician can tap the huge potential place has to offer. 

Buddy's Predictions:

*DMK has the upper hand 

*ADMK's alliance with BJP is making them less favorable (ADMK's governance overall has been pretty good )

*Since the election is a closely contested one, Postal votes will play a role on the final outcome. 

*Kamal's MNM will bag huge percentage of votes and will emerge as third biggest party in the state - next few weeks belongs to Kamal fans; As I said before torch will shine but how long is the question before battery is drained

*PMK will increase their vote percentage in the state

*NOTA may get more votes than many political parties which explains people's state of mind in this Corona period. 

My last and final post on TN Politics will be after the results are out in early May. 

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