In the last Lok Sabha Elections, Tamil Nadu was one of the stronger points for Congress. At that time congress was reeling under public anger of Bomb blasts throughout the country and its subsequent handling of the same. However, Dravidian politics in TN was to come as a sound relief for Congress, as their alliance with DMK proved to be very fruitful and they ended up garnering majority seats from Tamil Nadu, propelling Congress to being the largest party in Lok Sabha and DMK becoming their biggest supporter. This formation at center initiated one of the most corrupt regimes India had ever seen. Scams like Commonwealth, 2G, dwarfed the most publicised scam of all times, Bofors, by a huge margin. But still no one from Congress was ready to accept that they were at fault, up to the extent that Manmohan Singh put his reputation on the line when he said that coalition dharma has to be followed!!
Luckily, the story this time has turned out to be exactly opposite. Already reeling under political and public pressure because of massive corruption at the highest levels of government, the defeat in Tamil Nadu has certainly pinched Congress where it hurts the most. Consider this, Congress-DMK alliance has won only 31 seats out of a total of 234 in a state which they ruled for five years, this rule coupled with their rule at the center and the giving out of freebies by the DMK govt to its electorate, this is certainly the rudest warning people could have given to Congress.
This was a message to Sonia Gandhi and her courtier that people are fed up of all the corruption and want an end to it. They want development and don't mind throwing out people who are giving them free gifts and are of their caste, region, religion.
Now if only BJP can get their act together and field someone except L.K.Advani as PM candidate!!
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