The upcoming assembly elections in the four states; Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu cum Pondicherry and Kerala is seemingly very different. These realm states of India are far from the high politics orchestrated from Delhi Durbar. In all these states, barring Assam the regional parties are holding the sway.
Assam: The illegal immigrant issue is again being raked up by the BJP to whip up national sentiments. The interesting twist in this angle; while the BJP’s leader, ArunJaitely says, if BJP comes to power in Assam it will seal the border with Bangladesh, the Tripura Chief Minster wants the visa regime to be withdrawn with Bangladesh and free movement of people to cross the border. In fact both BJP and the Congress are worried about the UDF the third force in Assam. The UDF is not PDP of J&K and will never align with the BJP. In such case the verdict is out before the pollsters get their act together or the ballots being cast.
However, going by the norm it’s DMK that may come to power in Tamil Nadu. This may bethe last election for the DMK patriarch and if the party wins he will be the CM for the last time.