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AAP Tamil Nadu: Democratic Revolution or Free-for-all Riot?

08 Saturday Feb 2014

Posted by rajatu in Politics, Reportage

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2014 General Elections, Aam Aadmi Party, AAP, AIADMK, Arvind Kejriwal, DMK, Politics, South India, Tamil Nadu

Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal – Aam-Aadmi-in-Chief

New Kid On The Block

There is a fresh force out to upset the lucrative gravy train that has become the lot of Tamil Nadu politics. Out of the second floor of a nondescript building in Kilpauk, a motley crew of civil society activists, stockbrokers, rickshawwallahs, teachers, are preparing a roadmap for political revolution in Tamil Nadu from scratch. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), a primarily North Indian party with a Hindi title, has entered the alien political terrain of Tamil Nadu on an anti-corruption plank with the 2014 General Elections in its crosshairs. Their numbers are rapidly multiplying. The movement is adding a thousand members to its rolls each day. Within two months of its inaugration, AAP Tamil Nadu has acquired a staggering 1,00,000 members, according to party sources. Continue reading →

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