Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar has unsettled Tamil Nadu’s old DMK-AIADMK political frame. In this Q&A, journalist Nirupama Subramanian explains why his rise is not just about fan politics; where the DMK misread the state’s mood; and why Vijay’s agenda for the state remains unclear
Actor-politician Vijay’s emergence as a central political force in Tamil Nadu has stunned a state long accustomed to a revolving-door dance between the DMK and the AIADMK.
As counting trends point to a possible reordering of established vote banks, the scale of Vijay’s performance marks a shift that neither pre-poll arithmetic nor conventional political reading had fully captured.
As counting trends point to a possible reordering of established vote banks, the scale of Vijay’s performance marks a shift that neither pre-poll arithmetic nor conventional political reading had fully captured.