Polls 2011: This time Jaya can send DMK into oblivion, permanently

As Jaya begins her third term in office, this column will nonetheless engage in a bit of punditry. She can completely finish the DMK, for though it is already imploding from its family feuds it still has the heft and cash of Sun TV’s Kalanithi Maran. All that is needed for her electoral ally Vijaykanth, the B-centre Kollywood matinee idol (who has no neck), to become the Leader of Opposition instead of joining government (his party got more seats than the DMK, so he can take on this role). In India, politics revolves around two poles; most polls are anti-voting exercises.

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