And today they have converted the ‘Bandh’ to ‘Strike’ in view of the Supreme Court’s observation of why not implement President’s rule in TN?

And there in Karnataka, I guess people themselves will go on a Bandh in few days considering all the confusion in the coalition.

Sometimes, the pitfalls of a Democratic system become showstoppers. I guess we need some infusion of youngsters into our political system. Though the process has started I guess even we, the common people, need to get our brains in one place and infuse sensibility into our system.

Torching the office of media killing 3 innocent people.

M. K. Azhagiri had a problem with Dinakaran‘s survey. In fact the survey was done with the help of AC Nielsen, a professional organization. If he was shown as having less than 1% chance of becoming the next DMK chief then that was the truth. And it was not as if the newspaper portrayed Dayanidhi Maran as the next chief, they still said 70% felt M. K. Stalin – Karunanidhi’s youngest son was the most able successor. If Azhagiri torches the office of the newspaper that just says the truth aloud then he should be torching M. K. Stalin in fact.

This incident has obviously exposed the rift between the Maran family (owners of the SUN Network) and the Karunanidhi family, but what could possibly be concluded on keener examination is a rift between the sons of Karunanidhi – Stalin and Azhagiri. At this stage of DMK, the last stint of Karunanidhi as CM, time is ripe for him to announce a successor and lead him into the next elections. With this survey maybe Dayanidhi Maran wanted to suggest to Karunanidhi that he is also interested in some important party post once he is gone. (It is kind of foolish to imagine that Maran would want to drop hints to Karunanidhi!) Anyway, looks like the move has backfired. Not only will he lose his ministerial berth to Raaja, he is also probably going to be left out of DMK in the future.

In the middle of all this brouhaha, nobody is bothered about what happens to the industry in Dayanidhi Maran’s absence. Not that there are no more talented persons to handle the ministry but then the post is apparently reserved for DMK! What is the PM doing? I thought he was the one who bothered about development and all that we identify him with, but alas, looks like politics ties everyone up.

We have many problems now to solve. Who will be an able replacement for Maran as the minister? Who will head DMK once Karunanidhi finishes with his reign? What is finally going to happen to the dynamic Maran? I like him.