With Jayalalitha under a heap of corruption cases and scandals, how is the Congress backing her?
Jayalalitha is no doubt facing a barrage of cases because of which the general perception outside Tamil Nadu is that she is steeped in corruption. We would like to hold our hand before pronouncing a judgement until the cases came to a logical end. The public perception of the DMK in Tamil Nadu is not very different from that of the AIADMK. Since there are the two regional parties between whom the people of Tamil Nadu are largely divided, the Congress preferred the AIADMK for two important reasons. Firstly, it is not a member of the NDA. The second is that it is more strongly nationalistic. It is more genuinely anti-LTTE. Are there any moves to bring in breakaway groups like the Trinamul Congress and the TMC together? These two parties were breakaway Congress groups. They therefore stand on a different footing from other members of NDA. Even in regard to other members of NDA, we will not have a closed mind except for the BJP and Shiv Sena, both of which have been philosophically and emo
