With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Bizarre spat between Rahul Gandhi & Pinarayi Vijayan highlights the inherent contradiction in the INDIA alliance & that there are no permanent friends in politics but only permanent interests. :)
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Tamilnadu overall seems to have redeemed itself as the poll percentage has picked up in the evening hours.
But Chennai remains still at the bottom of the tally.

A dismaying trend is the low voting percentage in Chennai compared to the other districts in Tamilnadu with Chennai Central recording the lowest in the tally so far. Not sure why such voter apathy this time

Voted today in the first phase of a crucial election on which the future of our nation hinges! My vote is for a strong India marching ahead with confidence!

This data-driven & upbeat picture of India’s rapid economic growth under Narendra Modi from 2014 to 2023 shows why the doomsayers predicting another Modi term will be a disaster, couldn’t be more wrong. 👇 edition.cnn.com/2024/04/16/eco…

Time you question your own uncritical & unquestioning acceptance of certain jaded narratives that sound like broken records and suit only particular political agendas Dr. Sanjukta Basu

Time for Congress to get real if it wants to fight BJP on the ground. It’s loud & clear from the BJP’s poll manifesto, the speeches of its lead campaigners particularly PM Narendra Modi that their pitch hinges on their guarantees to various social

It’s a real low blow for media & Opposition party spokespersons to troll the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (Modi Ka Parivar) every time economist Parakala Prabhakar makes his own observations. It’s sheer malice & deliberate baiting of Ms Sitharaman by misogynist haters who can’t understand that women

Shrewd move by Narendra Modi & K.Annamalai (மோடியின் குடும்பம்) to bring into sharp focus the issue of Kachhatheevu, the tiny fishing island 14 nautical miles from Rameswaram, ceded by Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister, to Sri Lanka. It’s a sore point for Tamilnadu parties particularly the DMK. Will

“This transformation should begin at the top. Kindly start with the entrenched Executive Committee consisting of only brahmins and royalty you have been heading for 2 decades. Unlike serious hardwork and the long journey it takes for artists to excel, this transformation is