On the campaign trail: Vijaya T Rajendar

Given the nicknames he has been given, with regard to his hairstyle, Vijaya T Rajendar (formerly T Rajendar), I must have named this article as On the campaign prowl. Sun News carried a live campaign speech of TR, which I watched only for a short while. The rhyming dialogues were there. Here's one…

Vaiko, nee DMK-va suththi irundha naagam
Kalaignar kaaladiye nee oru kaagam
(something ending with sogam, dhaagam, yogam etc.)

Vijay Ramachandran was more fortunate, and he's put up an impressive list of dialogues (link) from TR's speech.

Vaiko
Nee Oru Psycho
Nee Engayavadhu Poyiko
Mothathila nee oru poi(lie)ko

Jayalalitha romba adamantu
Mudinja nee (Vaiko) vitu paaru statementu
Mudiyadhu, en endral adhu avanga judgementu (not to give Vaiko a seat)
Adhu dhan neenga potta agreementu

Vechukaadha nee en kita vambu
En payan peru Simbu
Villu ku theva ambu
Vaanam Vasapadum, adha thoda embu
Kalaignar a nee ennikum nambu..

Naan vaazhndhadhu illa thanmanatha vithu
En endral suyamariyadha enoda sothu
Silambarasan na pethedutha muthu
Avan nadicha padam peru 'Kuthu'
Udaya Suriyan chinnatha paathu paathu nee vote a kuthu!!!

Well, TR is DMK's answer to the bevy of stars on the other front!

Is coalition government inevitable?

A couple of days back during campaigning, DMK chief Karunanidhi surprised even his own party men by saying that the DMK was open to the idea of a coalition government in the state. This is for the first time, leaders of either of the two major fronts spoke about a coalition government in the state. It must be recollected that not a while back, former TNCC chief EVKS Elangovan was made to publicly apologize for his remarks supporting the idea of a coalition government. It looks like now both Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha are bracing themselves for a coalition government in the state. With opinion polls predicting a fragmented verdict, the two leaders have no choice but to acknowledge the reality. The coalition experiment has never been tried in Tamil Nadu since every of the previous election had a decisive verdict. But it looks like finally we have reached a situation where coalition government in the state looks inevitable.