Diminishing Returns | Tamil Nadu
Without their charismatic leaders, neither the AIADMK nor the DMK is confident of a comfortable victory.
April 18, 2019, is a big day in the calendar of the state of Tamil Nadu. The outcome of 18 bypolls to the 234-seat legislative assembly, being held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha election, will decide the future of the three-year-old AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) government, the prospects of its primary adversary, the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), and possibly the future of Dravidian politics too. In 2014, the AIADMK, with 37 of 39 seats from the state, had emerged as the third
