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PM Narendra Modi campaigned in Tamil Nadu 9 occasions – A file quantity by any Prime Minister
Chennai:
Tamil Nadu is all set to vote on April 19 for the Lok Sabha polls, that was marked by fierce campaigns and acrimonious debates, and a by no means seen earlier than form of spirited battle put up by the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to achieve a foothold within the Dravidian a part of India in 2024 was a putting function.
Elections to 39 Lok Sabha seats within the state will probably be held tomorrow and the destiny of 950 candidates will probably be determined by about 6.23 crore voters who’re set to train their franchise in almost 68,000 polling stations.
The election temper set in fairly early within the state, in January, with the graduation of repeated visits by PM Modi who mixed improvement and honour for Tamil language and tradition as his primary election plank that additionally had the important thing ingredient of denouncing DMK-Congress over alleged corruption and ‘parivarvad’ politics. The state witnessed intense campaigning for almost a month ranging from March.
Coimbatore, the hub of western Tamil Nadu is essentially the most keenly watched constituency within the state and BJP’s Okay Annamalai is slogging to emerge victorious battling towards Dravidian giants the DMK and AIADMK. He additionally faces problem from the Tamil nationalist, Naam Tamilar Katchi within the four-way contest with anti-DMK-Congress votes cut up into three.
In his electoral parting shot Annamalai asserted “Dravidian politics” will not be wanted anymore in Tamil Nadu and described himself as a son and youthful brother of individuals.
Arguably, the 2024 Lok Sabha polls is the one one in current historical past wherein the BJP set the tone for marketing campaign discourse by mounting assaults fairly than being in defence by arising with disclosures on Katchatheevu situation moreover vehemently taking on different issues.
Katchatheevu situation led to an enormous debate between the BJP, led by a fierce Annamalai and the DMK-Congress mix.
Whereas the BJP alleged betrayal by the DMK-Congress, the Dravidian and grand outdated get together posed questions on “Chinese language incursions.”
PM Modi’s marketing campaign additionally noticed Katchatheevu situation getting prominence to a fantastic diploma and he sought to pin down the DMK-Congress saying fishermen now pay the value for his or her betrayal.
The Prime Minister additionally dwelt on the drug menace, following the arrest of expelled office-bearer of the DMK, Jaffer Sadiq by the NCB and the risk to “eradicate Sanatana Dharma.”
In impact, PM Modi’s marketing campaign was exhaustive in Tamil Nadu and he has addressed rallies in constituencies together with Chennai, Coimbatore, Vellore and Tirunelveli.
A PM visiting Tamil Nadu 9 occasions earlier than a Lok Sabha election is undoubtedly a primary within the state’s historical past. It demonstrated the BJP’s resolve to interrupt the electoral jinx it faces within the state, virtually by itself, with the help of solely fewer allies, whose affect is confined to pick out areas.
The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), the BJP’s key ally has targeted its energies in Dharmapuri, the place Sowmiya Anbumani is within the fray.
DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran (Central Chennai), A Raja (Nilgiris), Kanimozhi (Thoothukudi), BJP’s L Murugan (Nilgiris), Tamilisai Soundararajan (South Chennai), former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam (Ramanathapuram), Congress get together’s Karti Chidambaram (Sivaganga) and AIADMK’s J Jayavardhan (South Chennai) and AMMK chief TTV Dhinakaran are among the many outstanding candidates.
Barring the 2014 victory of BJP veteran Pon Radhakrishnan from Kanyakumari section, the BJP gained in Tamil Nadu, since 1998, solely when it aligned with both the AIADMK or DMK, the Dravidian twins.
South Chennai, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore, Nilgiris and Vellore are the seats the place the BJP nominees have gone the additional mile to persuade voters.
DMK president and Chief Minister MK Stalin, the star campaigner of his get together, led the marketing campaign on the themes of social justice, his regime’s welfare measures and “risks” the nation confronted because of the BJP, which has wrecked fiscal federalism.
He typically described the polls because the second independence motion to free the nation from the BJP’s “divisive politics” and repeated the “electoral bond rip-off” to assert that it has unmasked the corrupt face of the BJP. The BJP will put off reservation and alter the Structure and it’s allergic to social justice have been among the many allegations he made in his campaigns.
A key focus of the DMK’s marketing campaign was on its “battle” to get funds from Centre together with for flood reduction. MK Stalin and his get together leaders mentioned not a rupee was given by the Centre and Nirmala Sitharaman’s declare of Rs 5,000 crore central help to deal with the scenario arising out of floods was truly the state’s personal borrowing from banks merely channeled by the Union authorities. MK Stalin all through his marketing campaign didn’t spare the primary opposition AIADMK.
Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of chief minister MK Stalin and a Minister crisscrossed the state, held roadshows and focused the BJP on a slew of points together with the “Madurai AIIMS being a non-starter.”
AIADMK normal secretary Edappadi Okay Palaniswami was among the many early birds on ballot panorama and he addressed a rally of ally SDPI in January and mentioned there isn’t a must venture a ‘PM face’ to hunt votes.
The primary opposition get together’s marketing campaign was steered by Mr Palaniswami, former chief minister and chief of opposition who took on the ruling DMK over each single situation that mattered, together with alleged collapse of regulation and order and drug menace.
In the direction of the top of the marketing campaign, he fiercely attacked the BJP for being discriminatory on the premise of “caste and faith.”
When Annamalai claimed AIADMK would disappear following polls, with out shedding cool, Mr Palaniswami in a repartee mentioned voters will educate them a lesson and no drive might contact the get together that has stormed a number of struggles.
