Will Cong Find Going Tough In TN After Snapping Ties With DMK?

Post election rout, defeats and shock outcomes quickly turn into licking the wounds’ wake, often a motivational catharsis to get back the lost power. In Tamil Nadu the DMK’s rout is particularly powerful, a body blow that could take years to mend. The DMK’s first family is adept at rising from the ropes to fight back viciously. On May 23, Udhayanidhi Stalin called a Youth Wing meeting under the guidance of his father M K Stalin, who is still recovering from his personal defeat at his pocket borough Kolathur. Udhayanidhi and his brood went hammer and tongs at the Congreve turncoats, calling them backstabbers and time servers with greed as the main propellant. Stalin recalled that “for years the DMK had carried the Congress burden on its back, but did not expect to be ditched like this with no gratitude. The greed for power without any hard work on the ground, riding on our back is a typical trait”. The father-son duo also highlighted that the three other parties that gave support, did so after taking the cue from the DMK. Udhayanidhi also spoke about his party cadres scrambling for booking tickets … air, train, bus to reach Chennai on vote counting day…but the so-called allies of the ruling party were busy booking resorts. A mere 17 lakh votes cost the DMK serious harm and body blow. The Congress, used to riding piggyback on the DMKs back for over a decade now did a lightning ditch and eased into power. Was this the ultimate Et Tu Brutus moment for Stalin?