Jaya, Modi and the PM’s job after the next elections

Anybody with access to any English newspaper could not have missed Wednesday morning’s spectacular advertising splurge by the Tamil Nadu government extolling the virtues of Puratchi Thalaivi Selvi J Jayalalithaa on the first anniversary of her return to power. The front page cover ads, complemented by several inside page ads, were impossible to avoid. Question: why would a Tamil Nadu Chief Minister want English readers outside her state to know how well she is doing in her state?

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