Only AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa filed her nomination for the upcoming assembly elections by 28 April.
When the clock struck 12:30 pm on 29 April, the last day to file nominations, the remaining 233 candidates from the AIADMK and allied parties dutifully started the process of filing their papers on Amma’s orders.
Though politicians might not necessarily take pleasure in being called ‘superstitious’, one cannot deny the significant place astrology occupies in Tamil Nadu politics.