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Ramakrishnan T S

NDA wins by a whisker in 2024 general elections: Why?

June 10, 2024

The NDA and INDI alliance secured 292 and 234 seats, respectively, in the general elections of 2024. The TDP and JDU will be supporting the BJP as two pillars, as without them NDA will fall short of simple majority by eight seats. Finding a national theme in this election is...

Prisoner’s dilemma between DMK & I.N.D.I.A bloc members

December 30, 2023

DMK’s egregious outbursts that belittle Sanatan Dharma, Hindi, people of Hindi-speaking states, Hindu gods and beliefs, changing the rules of worship procedure in the temples of TN with its Hindu Religious Endowment Department, delimitation exercise expected in 2026, and similar issues that harbour fissiparous tendencies (such as calling the central...

Why Congress is not ready to nudge out DMK from I.N.D.I.A alliance?

December 21, 2023

TN CM Stalin from DMK got the invitation to participate in the next meeting of the INDI Alliance that is scheduled for December 19, 2023. DMK is a long-standing alliance partner of Congress, except in the 2014 general elections, when DMK pulled out of UPA. The arrest of Kanimozhi, daughter...