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As TN Minister Raaja Bonds With Fadnavis In Davos, Is DMK Reaching Out To BJP?

In an interesting political twist, Tamil Nadu Industries Minister TRB Raaja who was pitching for Tamil Nadu to the investors at World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos was found heaping praise on Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis. He described Fadnavis as an amazing leader and expressed his deep respect for him. Son of DMK Lok Sabha leader TR Baalu, it was refreshing to hear the DMK Minister say that while “I am going to fight for an investment to Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra is trying to pull it for Maharashtra, I don’t mind as long as it comes and stays in India. We don’t want to lose out to Vietnam, Indonesia or Malaysia. That is the whole story when we are aggressive”. While sharing stage with Fadnavis, Raaja praised India’s growth story and described TN and Maharashtra as double engines. He also described Fadnavis as a people’s leader.”I have a huge respect for him”, said Raaja, perhaps referring to the huge mandate he recently received. He also acknowledged that Mumbai was beating TN in terms of numbers anyway. In a bid to attract investment six states — UP, Maharashtra, Telangana TN, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala fiercely competed for attention at the WEF (Jan 20-24). While Maharashtra aimed to sign MoUs worth $7 trillion, TN which had launched a global campaign under the slogan “Bullish on TN” for four days had scheduled meetings with 50 potential leaders. While it may be good optics for a DMK leader which is part of the INDIA bloc to bond with BJP CM but it does open the possibility for DMK to explore its political options beyond INDIA bloc.