Sasikala loses her Aura...
Tuesday - February 28, 2017 12:57 pm ,
Category : WTN SPECIAL
Sasikala loses her Aura...
In a strange twist to Tamil Nadu politics Sasikala Natrajan, the woman on the verge of becoming the CM of the state, had her dream run cut short by a debilitating Supreme Court verdict that directed her straightaway to jail and derailed her ambitions in one fell swoop. In what can be said as a ridiculous quirk of fate, once a confidant of former CM late Jayalalitha, and almost a natural choice for the new CM’s chair, today Sasikala is a fallen angel calculating her days in jail. As a sort of anti-climax to the game, Sasikala faced the axe just when she had waded through all the odds, infightings and oppositions to reach tantalisingly close to the high chair of power. The fortunes of OPS also floundered in doldrums as it was tuned by the whims of Sasikala. In and out of the game OPS finally bit the dust as Palaniswami took over in the battle of ascendency.
Tamil Nadu’s politics has striking semblance with UP and Kerala politics where two dominant parties take turns to form the government. In UP it has long been a musical chair between the BJP and the BSP. In Kerala, it has been the UDF and LDF fighting each other every five years. In TN the contest has to be between AIADMK and DMK. If past precedence is anything to go by, the next elections may go in favour of the Karunanidhi camp. It is too early yet to get a decisive indication, but if that happens, then Sasikala’s stars may not be that bright even when she comes out of jail. Palaniswami may not be a very effective CM and this may tilt the bar in favour of the DMK. Sasikala will have to remain in exile for several years then, even once she is out of jail. God knows if the strength of her clout and heft will still persist in the same degree of influence and authority. This was her moment but it was lost to mischance. A decades-old disproportionate assets case came back to haunt her and did her in. Sasikala has been in and out of controversy ever since she has appeared on the political horizon. She was said to have laundered much of Jayalalitha’s ill-begotten wealth. The loyals of Jayalalitha also suspect of her having a hand in the latter’s death. Be what may, the SC jolt has come to a disastrous cropper for her political roadmap and image. In India, it is very hard to grill and shove down a political leader. It is one of the rare occasions that a CM incumbent has been put behind the bars and that too at a crucial juncture. This is a commendable and bold step on part of the apex court which only goes to show how incriminating the evidence against her would be, that compelled the court to take such a drastic measure. This decision is also a sort of trend setter and an example for other leaders that law of the land does take its course and wrong-doing could land one in jail, no matter how powerful one might be. Tamil Nadu will go on thriving, whether there is Sasikala or no Sasikala, but corruption and development, plunder and people’s welfare, felony and rhetoric cannot go hand in hand without corroding the fabric of society and ultimately ruining the common man. We need clean and tall leaders who could show us light and give a new direction to our possibilities and dreams. That is the recipe for a developed India. The political muck has thickened beyond redemption. We need to clean up.
In a strange twist to Tamil Nadu politics Sasikala Natrajan, the woman on the verge of becoming the CM of the state, had her dream run cut short by a debilitating Supreme Court verdict that directed her straightaway to jail and derailed her ambitions in one fell swoop. In what can be said as a ridiculous quirk of fate, once a confidant of former CM late Jayalalitha, and almost a natural choice for the new CM’s chair, today Sasikala is a fallen angel calculating her days in jail. As a sort of anti-climax to the game, Sasikala faced the axe just when she had waded through all the odds, infightings and oppositions to reach tantalisingly close to the high chair of power. The fortunes of OPS also floundered in doldrums as it was tuned by the whims of Sasikala. In and out of the game OPS finally bit the dust as Palaniswami took over in the battle of ascendency.
Tamil Nadu’s politics has striking semblance with UP and Kerala politics where two dominant parties take turns to form the government. In UP it has long been a musical chair between the BJP and the BSP. In Kerala, it has been the UDF and LDF fighting each other every five years. In TN the contest has to be between AIADMK and DMK. If past precedence is anything to go by, the next elections may go in favour of the Karunanidhi camp. It is too early yet to get a decisive indication, but if that happens, then Sasikala’s stars may not be that bright even when she comes out of jail. Palaniswami may not be a very effective CM and this may tilt the bar in favour of the DMK. Sasikala will have to remain in exile for several years then, even once she is out of jail. God knows if the strength of her clout and heft will still persist in the same degree of influence and authority. This was her moment but it was lost to mischance. A decades-old disproportionate assets case came back to haunt her and did her in. Sasikala has been in and out of controversy ever since she has appeared on the political horizon. She was said to have laundered much of Jayalalitha’s ill-begotten wealth. The loyals of Jayalalitha also suspect of her having a hand in the latter’s death. Be what may, the SC jolt has come to a disastrous cropper for her political roadmap and image. In India, it is very hard to grill and shove down a political leader. It is one of the rare occasions that a CM incumbent has been put behind the bars and that too at a crucial juncture. This is a commendable and bold step on part of the apex court which only goes to show how incriminating the evidence against her would be, that compelled the court to take such a drastic measure. This decision is also a sort of trend setter and an example for other leaders that law of the land does take its course and wrong-doing could land one in jail, no matter how powerful one might be. Tamil Nadu will go on thriving, whether there is Sasikala or no Sasikala, but corruption and development, plunder and people’s welfare, felony and rhetoric cannot go hand in hand without corroding the fabric of society and ultimately ruining the common man. We need clean and tall leaders who could show us light and give a new direction to our possibilities and dreams. That is the recipe for a developed India. The political muck has thickened beyond redemption. We need to clean up. 
