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\nMegastar Rajinikanth is in the news again, this time with comments \u201cfavouring\u201d Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n
For the BJP, which is trying to make inroads in the politically complex Dravadian state, any local support would be more than welcome. But whether Rajinikanth will eventually become a part of this \u201cjuggernaut\u201d remains to be seen.<\/p>\n
There are several reasons to believe otherwise. For one, Rajinikanth may be a powerful film star with a huge fan following, but whether that fan base will translate into vote base is an unknown factor.<\/p>\n
The BJP won just one of the 39 seats in the state in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and has no major cadre support there. However, since then much has changed. There has been a tectonic shift in Dravadian politics after the death of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa and DMK supremo M Karunanidhi.<\/p>\n
While the AIADMK is split wide open under various heads, DMK\u2019s MK Stalin, while trying to emerge on his own, is also battling factors within. Meanwhile, the BJP is already \u201cin power in the state through the backdoor\u201d via the AIADMK-led state government, so believe political observers.<\/p>\n
However, they say the BJP \u201cmiscalculated Tamil Nadu politics in its efforts to gain control after the death of Jayalalithaa. The resurgence of TTV Dhinakaran and the many-way split in the AIADMK is a proof of complexities of southern politics\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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