WILL JUNE 4 LET A POLITICAL PHOENIX RISE FROM ASHES?

TAMIL Nadu is a land of political phoenixes.

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History tells you that every election unfailingly punishes a party, leaving the leader in the dumps, but five years later, it breathes life into it with vengeance. The vanquished turns conqueror, and vice versa. With the Annamalai-led brigade hoping to dismantle the long-standing political duopoly and getting well entrenched for a long haul, the Lok Sabha elections have turned unpredictable yet exciting.

A generous dash of rallies and roadshows has failed to stir up voter enthusiasm and turnout. Even the Coimbatore constituency, where tonnes of flowers showered on star campaigners, refused to be an aberration. Blame it on the ominous heat wave. Issues like the ceding of Katchatheevu and the installation of Sengol died an untimely death. EVMs got a final stamp of approval from the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, daydreams of gobar gas-powered aeroplanes crash-landed in the half-baked apologies submitted in the apex court.