They're waiting to see which way Jaya will tilt
With Tamil Nadu's political scene in a flux, ADMK’s potential suitors are desperately trying to decode every signal from Jayalalithaa’s political outfit.
By ET Bureau |
NEW DELHI: With Tamil Nadu���s political scene in a flux, ADMK���s potential suitors are desperately trying to decode every signal from Jayalalithaa���s political outfit.
While the BJP is still hopeful Ms Jayalalithaa would back its power project at the Centre, the Left has begun counting her on as a potential partner. The Left sees Ms Jayalalithaa���s attack on the Congress, her silence over the projection of Ms Mayawati as a prime ministerial candidate and her ���why not��� poser on an alliance with the Communists as favourable signs.
Left leaders here said AIADMK chief has already opened channels of communication with the Left, even if it is yet to be about hardcore politics. The ADMK chief made a phone call to CPI general secretary A B Bardhan recently to inquire about his health. Though the conversation is understood to have been confined to basic courtesies, the Left is reading much into the new cordiality.
Ms Jayalalithaa���s call came around the time CPM and CPI decided to shed their political biases about aligning with her party. This was also not the first time that the former Tamil Nadu chief minister tried to reach out to the Left. She had, earlier, sent a note of appreciation to CPI leader D Raja for his condemnation of the attack on her convoy.
ADMK���s participation in the condolence meeting organised by the CPM for veteran Marxist Harkishan Singh Surjeet was appreciated by CPM general secretary Prakash Karat. He thanked her for sending party deputy leader Malaisamy for the meeting.
However, with still some time to go before elections, neither the ADMK nor the Left is in any hurry to give any concrete shape to their relations. For the Left, an alliance with AIADMK would mean coming a long way from its reluctance for a tie-up with the Jayalalithaa-led party till earlier this year.
In 1999, the Left had described ADMK���s alliance with BJP as one aimed at insulating Ms Jayalalithaa from the investigating agencies like CBI. More recently, the Left had cited ADMK as one of the reasons for its non-participation in UNPA.
While the BJP is still hopeful Ms Jayalalithaa would back its power project at the Centre, the Left has begun counting her on as a potential partner. The Left sees Ms Jayalalithaa���s attack on the Congress, her silence over the projection of Ms Mayawati as a prime ministerial candidate and her ���why not��� poser on an alliance with the Communists as favourable signs.
Left leaders here said AIADMK chief has already opened channels of communication with the Left, even if it is yet to be about hardcore politics. The ADMK chief made a phone call to CPI general secretary A B Bardhan recently to inquire about his health. Though the conversation is understood to have been confined to basic courtesies, the Left is reading much into the new cordiality.
Ms Jayalalithaa���s call came around the time CPM and CPI decided to shed their political biases about aligning with her party. This was also not the first time that the former Tamil Nadu chief minister tried to reach out to the Left. She had, earlier, sent a note of appreciation to CPI leader D Raja for his condemnation of the attack on her convoy.
ADMK���s participation in the condolence meeting organised by the CPM for veteran Marxist Harkishan Singh Surjeet was appreciated by CPM general secretary Prakash Karat. He thanked her for sending party deputy leader Malaisamy for the meeting.
However, with still some time to go before elections, neither the ADMK nor the Left is in any hurry to give any concrete shape to their relations. For the Left, an alliance with AIADMK would mean coming a long way from its reluctance for a tie-up with the Jayalalithaa-led party till earlier this year.
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In 1999, the Left had described ADMK���s alliance with BJP as one aimed at insulating Ms Jayalalithaa from the investigating agencies like CBI. More recently, the Left had cited ADMK as one of the reasons for its non-participation in UNPA.
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