In TN, BJP hopes to blunt criticism, break '2-party' pollsystem
Business Standard|April 19, 2024
For nearly five decades now, Tamil Nadu (TN) politics has been a contest between the two Dravidian parties, the DMK and AIADMK.
RAGHAV AGGARWAL

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hopes to disrupt this with its multi-party rainbow coalition for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

If the BJP has set out to transition Tamil Nadu from a bipolar to a triangular contest, the Naam Tamizhar Katchi a nascent Tamil nationalist outfit with a growing following among the youth in the state's southern part - has ambitions to make it into a four-cornered battle in the state's 39 seats, which will vote on Friday.

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