Politics had always been a forbidden yet attractive concept to me like the many more million Indians from a non-political family background. We have always been instructed to stay away from even involving in talks related to the Elections, the policies & Ideologies of the different parties and such restrictions have been a major factor that has always made me follow the different happenings in the State & National elections and the different alliances being made, though I cannot deeply understand why any such alliances are made and what rationale is behind both the parties to join hands.
I may have been following this since my Late teens, still I am not one who argues that a particular ideology is better than the other or one party is better than the other - After all I thought the prime motive behind parties & candidates was to do greater good to the people - But only the - "to which people" varied from party to party & individual to individual.
Off late my Social Media TLs have been flooded by much mere vulgar abuses of one particular party supporter on the other & vice versa. What should & could have been a discussion of the contrasting political parties ideologies is only a mere verbal personal abuse pertaining to caste, religion & gender. Then I started to want to know more about was this the case in the past and more often than not it has been. So I started to know more about that and I am writing this series of blog posts primarily about the rise and key events of Dravidian Politics ,without any prejudices or inclination towards one particular ideology, not in any order other than the thought of my mind. The first post is only going to highlight the Why, The Whats & The How these series of posts are going to be:
The Why:
We are in Mid 2020 and the Tamil Nadu state Legislative elections are fast approaching and if we survive this Corona scare, every news, article & key happenings we get to know would be related to the Elections. I wanted to write these posts that will educate and not falsely influence the readers about the various milestones that shaped the current state of Tamil Nadu to what it is and the propaganda being made about it by various parties.
The 2021 Tamil Nadu Elections is a very important exam in the TN Politics as this will shape the which parties are going to be the major superpowers of TN for the next 3 decades minimum.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam:
AIADMK's leader J.Jayalalitha had become only the 3rd leader in the state to lead the party to two successive terms post Republic after Kamaraj & M.G.R (though D.M.K won consecutively in 1967 & 1971 it was led by Anna in 1967 & Kalaignar in 1971) - mainly riding the dissatisfaction wave created among the TN people against the DMK party during their 2006-11 rule. So this election is crucila for the DMK to overturn that and prove they are still the same party that evolved from Justice Party to DK to DMK, not to mention the absence of the biggest name in DMK from the beginning Kalaignar. If not now they will be doomed and most of the prominent members would be lured by other parties.
A.I.A.D.M.K:
The AIADMK camp is also missing J.J who has been one of THE powerful female leader in the Indian Polity. They have been largely earning from the benefits of the Votebank that was largely loyal to M.G.R & Amma, can they sustain this election and prove that they have evolved as a party and have the roots as strong as D.M.K. is the biggest question in their HQ & not to mention the differences in the party leadership and all the notable circus jumps that are sure going to happen from the party in the campaign leading to the election.
Notable Others:
As said by Kamarajar famously TN is being currently ruled by ஒரே குட்டையில் ஊறிய மட்டைகள் - DMK & AIADMK.
Since the 1967 election only DMK & AIADMK have been in power in the TN Assembly and there has not been many notable others except Desiya Murpoku Dravida Kazhagam who became the opposition party in the 2011 Elections ousting the incumbent DMK party by 6 seats. Will the 2021 election bring another notable party in the front is a big question and expectation of many TN people, but we will have to see how the election campaign & political game proceeds ahead.
The How:
How do I expect the common man like me who just has a curiosity but not much of an in depth knowledge of the Dravidian Polity and the Ideologies to know what is the truth behind the various propaganda the political parties are going to put forth in this upcoming campaigns.
I am going to write in these series of posts some of the key events that led to the formation of the Dravidian ideologies, the events that led to the formation of a Dravidian polity, the events that sparked the need for the same, the key events that contrast the Dravidian ideology to the Nationalist ideology & not to mention the history of the TN Politics and the various elections along with a bonus package of some of the biggest scams and corruption campaigns that have occured.
I do not intend to write these posts with any prejudice or inclination towards a particular party or leader but I will write and mention with respect the notable leaders that have made this state what it is today and rightly criticize the flaws they had.
The Whats:
I will write about the various events from the beginning of Justice Party till the recent demise of our great leaders not in any chronological order but in terms of the socio-economic impact they had and I will also write my opinion about the same in a neutral manner. This will include but not exclusive to the reservation reforms, the caste ideologies, the Atheist ideologies and the Notable Non-Brahmin manifesto.
The earliest I could trace the formation of a seperate ideology from that of the nationalist ideology is at the formation of Justice Party. In case there is a precedent to that I will also write about that. I hope we get to know many notable events and reasons why a Seperate dravidian polity was formed and if they still hold good today, if yes the essence of that is maintained in the right form without extremism in the coming years also or alter it in a right way that it benefits the majority of the people without any caste, creed & religion or language barriers.
I may have been following this since my Late teens, still I am not one who argues that a particular ideology is better than the other or one party is better than the other - After all I thought the prime motive behind parties & candidates was to do greater good to the people - But only the - "to which people" varied from party to party & individual to individual.
Off late my Social Media TLs have been flooded by much mere vulgar abuses of one particular party supporter on the other & vice versa. What should & could have been a discussion of the contrasting political parties ideologies is only a mere verbal personal abuse pertaining to caste, religion & gender. Then I started to want to know more about was this the case in the past and more often than not it has been. So I started to know more about that and I am writing this series of blog posts primarily about the rise and key events of Dravidian Politics ,without any prejudices or inclination towards one particular ideology, not in any order other than the thought of my mind. The first post is only going to highlight the Why, The Whats & The How these series of posts are going to be:The Why:
We are in Mid 2020 and the Tamil Nadu state Legislative elections are fast approaching and if we survive this Corona scare, every news, article & key happenings we get to know would be related to the Elections. I wanted to write these posts that will educate and not falsely influence the readers about the various milestones that shaped the current state of Tamil Nadu to what it is and the propaganda being made about it by various parties.
The 2021 Tamil Nadu Elections is a very important exam in the TN Politics as this will shape the which parties are going to be the major superpowers of TN for the next 3 decades minimum.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam:
AIADMK's leader J.Jayalalitha had become only the 3rd leader in the state to lead the party to two successive terms post Republic after Kamaraj & M.G.R (though D.M.K won consecutively in 1967 & 1971 it was led by Anna in 1967 & Kalaignar in 1971) - mainly riding the dissatisfaction wave created among the TN people against the DMK party during their 2006-11 rule. So this election is crucila for the DMK to overturn that and prove they are still the same party that evolved from Justice Party to DK to DMK, not to mention the absence of the biggest name in DMK from the beginning Kalaignar. If not now they will be doomed and most of the prominent members would be lured by other parties.
A.I.A.D.M.K:
The AIADMK camp is also missing J.J who has been one of THE powerful female leader in the Indian Polity. They have been largely earning from the benefits of the Votebank that was largely loyal to M.G.R & Amma, can they sustain this election and prove that they have evolved as a party and have the roots as strong as D.M.K. is the biggest question in their HQ & not to mention the differences in the party leadership and all the notable circus jumps that are sure going to happen from the party in the campaign leading to the election.
Notable Others:
As said by Kamarajar famously TN is being currently ruled by ஒரே குட்டையில் ஊறிய மட்டைகள் - DMK & AIADMK.
Since the 1967 election only DMK & AIADMK have been in power in the TN Assembly and there has not been many notable others except Desiya Murpoku Dravida Kazhagam who became the opposition party in the 2011 Elections ousting the incumbent DMK party by 6 seats. Will the 2021 election bring another notable party in the front is a big question and expectation of many TN people, but we will have to see how the election campaign & political game proceeds ahead.
The How:
How do I expect the common man like me who just has a curiosity but not much of an in depth knowledge of the Dravidian Polity and the Ideologies to know what is the truth behind the various propaganda the political parties are going to put forth in this upcoming campaigns.
I am going to write in these series of posts some of the key events that led to the formation of the Dravidian ideologies, the events that led to the formation of a Dravidian polity, the events that sparked the need for the same, the key events that contrast the Dravidian ideology to the Nationalist ideology & not to mention the history of the TN Politics and the various elections along with a bonus package of some of the biggest scams and corruption campaigns that have occured.
I do not intend to write these posts with any prejudice or inclination towards a particular party or leader but I will write and mention with respect the notable leaders that have made this state what it is today and rightly criticize the flaws they had.
The Whats:
I will write about the various events from the beginning of Justice Party till the recent demise of our great leaders not in any chronological order but in terms of the socio-economic impact they had and I will also write my opinion about the same in a neutral manner. This will include but not exclusive to the reservation reforms, the caste ideologies, the Atheist ideologies and the Notable Non-Brahmin manifesto.
The earliest I could trace the formation of a seperate ideology from that of the nationalist ideology is at the formation of Justice Party. In case there is a precedent to that I will also write about that. I hope we get to know many notable events and reasons why a Seperate dravidian polity was formed and if they still hold good today, if yes the essence of that is maintained in the right form without extremism in the coming years also or alter it in a right way that it benefits the majority of the people without any caste, creed & religion or language barriers.
