CHENNAI, Jan. 10 -- With Union Home Minister Amit Shah calling off his scheduled visit to Chennai on January 14, people in Tamil Nadu lost an important chance to know which way political realignment was progressing in the State in the run up to the upcoming Assembly election. What makes Amit Shah cancelling his Chennai visit distinct is the discernible change in the attitude of the BJP cadre towards the AIADMK.
"It is time for the BJP to dump the AIADMK and align with like minded parties. The DMK and the AIADMK had exploited the good will enjoyed by the BJP and dumped them afterwards," said Ranganathan, proprietor of a leading publishing house in Chennai. He said the Dravidian parties are infamous for their use and throw away strategies. "...