WOW!
For the first time hearing genuine rage out of genuine concern from a genuine NEET aspirant student!
Reservation is so normalized by politicians and intellectuals of all ideologies that Gen Z & Instagram Youth cant imagine how big it is a problem over the paper leak issue!
In Tamil Nadu, the BJP being in power at the centre has been used by essentially all the parties to demonize them. The DMK made "attack Modi" as their only plank. EdappadiDMK (that is the correct name) would have done the same thing if the Congress had switched over to them. In Tamil, we call this рокрпВроЪрпНроЪро╛рогрпНроЯро┐ роХро╛роЯрпНроЯрпБродро▓рпН - like my grandmother would tell me as a kid "that tree next to the pond has a ghost that will catch you, so don't go near it" to keep me away from swimming in the pond! Modi is their favorite рокрпВроЪрпНроЪро╛рогрпНроЯро┐.
So when someone parrots the line "we want to keep the BJP out of Tamil Nadu", they are saying "we don't want competition for our cozy duopoly", not some deep principle. The BJP has been in alliance in AP and Pondicherry and those states are doing fine, they are making excellent progress. Yet TN is supposedly "different".
The "difference" was the BJP getting into alliance with these same parties (EDMK or DMK) that want to openly or secretly suppress them in TN.
What is the way ahead? Find good youthful passionate leadership that are willing to fight the good fight long term. Focus on building up the party from the grassroots. Ignore all the рокрпВроЪрпНроЪро╛рогрпНроЯро┐ business. Do not align with anyone who claims "TN is different". TN is Bharat. We have to fight this subterranean separatism.
Annamalai was making progress but he needed a lot more time. He was creating a genuine political movement, he invited youth to be active in politics and he had massive engagement.
I would have volunteered for this assignment too (I love building up from zero!) but I am neck deep in tech and Bharat needs deep tech. So not in this life time. To be very clear, I will state my political views (my right to free speech) but I will not be in active politics.
I hope all our educated citizens do engage in this political debate and express their opinions, but let us all do it RESPECTFULLY.
What TN has shown today, rest of India has been doing for decades. Hindu majority states of Rajasthan, Bihar, Assam, Maharashtra and even Manipur have had Muslim Chief Ministers. Hindu majority Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Kerala have given many Christian Chief ministers. TN is just a new entry to that old club.
But the real question worth probing is: how many Muslim majority or Christian majority states have given any Hindu Chief Minister? Zero.
Forget Chief Minister, how many Hindu MPs or MLAs have ever been elected from a Muslim majority or Christian majority lok sabha or vidhan sabha seats?? Next to Zero.
Funny video, but understand the reality.
Despite being the single largest party, BJP was made to sit in the opposition.
Today, the same ecosystem is outraging over Vijay not being allowed to take oath even before proving the majority....
The hypocrisy is amusing.