The incumbent DMK on the ruling side and the combination of INDIA, which is ruling Tamil Nadu, have been placed at the position of a political dilemma by the National democratic alliance (NDA), whose appeal has been known to affect the nomination of C P Radhakrishnan to be Vice President in office. The BJP state president, Nainar Nagendran required to described the nomination as a historic one because Radhakrishnan, who is currently the Governor of Maharashtra, is a son of Tamil soil whose elevation must be a cause of pride to all the Tamilians.
Nagendran called upon political parties of all ends to cross party boundaries and support Radhakrishnan, adding that it will go down in the historical annals as the first step in building positive and inclusive politics. It is not a political decision alone, but rather an acknowledgement of the Tamil people. As long as all parties agree to this honour conferred on a Tamil leader, it will serve as an example of good politics, he said. Radhakrishnan had been announced by the NDA as its candidate in the Vice Presidential elections to be held on September 9 on Sunday.
Even as the NDA has a foot over the number-crunching game, the BJP has gone to the extent of seeking the support of the DMK group and its allies, namely the INDIA bloc, of which the Congress, VCK, CPI-M, and CPI are components, to support Radhakrishnan. Interestingly, Radhakrishnan had seen DMK president and Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin at his home only a week ago, ostensibly to check on his health condition after hospitalisation.
Radhakrishnan, as a member of the influential Gounder community, is based at Tiruppur and comprises the political base of AIADMK, but it is also the area into which DMK has been extending its base. Electrically as MP twice (Coimbatore, a rare BJP bastion in Tamil Nadu and is long connected with the RSS. His nomination is held when the BJP tries to extend its presence in the state by the next year’s assembly elections.
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