Arun Ram
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Vijay’s style: Lose the battle, win the war (opens the original)
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Politicians are among the most diligent practitioners of the maxim “pick your battles”. Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay appears to have picked one he cannot win in Parliament, so he can win something more valuable at home. The meeting with Tamil Nadu MPs that the TVK govt convened on Aug 8 to discuss the Union govt’s delimitation plan to rework Lok Sabha representation was unlikely to draw most MPs. As TOI reported a day earlier, DMK, AIADMK, PMK, DMDK and MNM had decided to stay away.
How Tamil Nadu parties slept when cockroaches raged on (opens the original)
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A group of cockroaches is called an intrusion. Cockroach Janata Party lived up to the description, intruding into the political fortress of a govt that had cared little for opposition voices for 12 years. But the real surprise was elsewhere. As students took to the streets over irregularities in NEET, the political parties of Tamil Nadu — a state that has made opposition to the exam a political cause — largely stayed away. Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation had become poli
Move over, police, journalists have stories to tell (opens the original)
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Police are entitled to question journalists. They are not entitled to make the questioning the punishment. Last week’s treatment of television anchor Vijayan raises uncomfortable questions not merely about one investigation, but about how the state understands press freedom. On July 15, Tamil Nadu police summoned the journalist for questioning in connection with a case of alleged attempts to poach some TVK MLAs. The stated reason: Thirunavukkarasu, who the police arrested on July 1 on charges of
If TVK loses image and grip on power, credit should go to Edappadi Palaniswami (opens the original)
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Sometime in the 12th century BC, the Trojans opened the impenetrable gates of the city of Troy to usher in a massive wooden horse offered by the Greeks as a token of peace to end the ten-year war. Once the horse was wheeled in, Greek warriors emerged from its belly. The rest is history. The ancient tale of deceit seems to be repeating itself in Tamil Nadu, as C Joseph Vijay’s TVK welcomes former AIADMK ministers and functionaries into its fold. Many of them could be Trojan horses, carrying alleg
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