"The problem is that this propaganda alone will not work. ![]() The last few months, we have seen the Modi style of campaigning - from promoting Tamil to bringing a crucial summit here," he adds.īut will these efforts actually pay off? TN BJP leaders are sceptical. So it seems now that Modi himself has decided to enter the ring. "Since Narendra Modi came to power, they have tried various methods to gain support, from having a woman leader to wooing Rajinikanth. It has been a 25-year project for them," says RK Radhakrishnan, Associate Editor of Frontline. Their efforts to polarise in Kanyakumari too eventually worked. "They have a base in Coimbatore today because of the polarisation they indulged in after the bomb blasts during the Advani era. Political experts, however, point out that the BJP is currently engaging in a long-term strategy. Even we are taken aback that after disinterest in the state before the Lok Sabha Elections, the Centre is working so aggressively," he adds. "This has been the practice from the 2016 Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu. At the state level, we are not informed of any developments," says the BJP source. "There is an exclusive group of select Tamil bureaucrats working with the Prime Minister over his Tamil connect. The Tamil Nadu unit remains headless after former state President Tamilisai Soundararajan was appointed as Telangana Governor nearly two months ago. This entire Tamil Nadu strategy is being controlled by Modi and Shah," he adds.Ī BJP leader from Tamil Nadu, however, adds that the state unit has not been consulted in this ongoing strategy. But definitely the party will grow in the state with the help of the Centre. The senior leader says, "We are not expecting to defeat the DMK or AIADMK in the state. The translation appeared only in Tamil and no other regional language. ![]() ![]() And Modi himself, stood in a traditional veshti-thundu, (dhoti) his attire a statement by itselfĪs recent as October 20, the Prime Minister tweeted the Tamil translation of a poem he had written in Hindi during his stay at Mamallapuram. The temple town was spruced to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping for a two-day meeting with the Prime Minister. Our actions will talk," he adds.Īnd the 'action' was clearly visible in October when the Centre decided to hold what could possibly be the most crucial informal summit that India will host this year, in Mamallapuram. But at the same time, it is not just all talk, we are launching schemes and planning events in Tamil Nadu, that will establish our intentions. We are taking the language to international platforms to dispel the allegations. And the weapon that has been used against us, we plan to turn back on them. "The opposition has constantly accused us of being anti-Tamil. "Tamil Nadu has been the hardest state for the BJP to capture," admits a senior BJP leader, under the condition of anonymity.
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