It is now emerging as a genuine four-cornered fight in Tamil Nadu, perhaps a first in a long while. The line-up is the All India Anna Dravida Munnerta Khazagam (AIADMK), the Dravida Munnerta Khazagam (DMK) and its allies, a third front (PWF) led by popular actor Vijayakanth’s DMDK and the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), a party relying almost solely on its appeal among the Vanniars. The last is a numerically large intermediate caste in the northern districts and a little into central Tamil Nadu, as reported by The News Minute.
The BJP is also in the fray, all on its own, but no one takes it seriously here.
While the DMK and the AIADMK are almost evenly matched, with a slight edge to Jayalalitha, it is easily the impact of the third front that will decide the eventual outcome. The moot question is and will remain till voting day – whose votes will it chip away?