The chosen heir, M.K. Stalin led DMK to a spectacular defeat and lost in his own constituency. Very conveniently, this has opened the doors for his son to be the lead face of DMK.
In Kerala, CPM was routed and the CM Pinarayi Vijayan barely scraped through while party villages around him washed away the blood flowing on the streets. However, the highly literate Keralites refused to opt for BJP as even the principal opposition. Still, the three BJP MLAs in the current assembly will be the de facto opposition. This has already been proven by the response to Vande Mataram controversy during the Governor's address in the assembly. While CPM chose to align with the ruling Congress led front on this issues, only the BJP MLAs questioned the protocol breach.
The loudest thud when the highest and mightiest was pulled down came from West Bengal. The BJP dethroned Mamata Banerjee and she was defeated by Suvendu Adhikari in her own bastion. This was not only a much needed show down to exhibit the power of Indian democracy, forget what the hostile media tells you. At last, the Indians living in West Bengal can have, chain ki neend. For non-Indians who used to live there, the exodus has already started.
But the real theater isn't local; it's global. Even the delusive Trump congratulated Modi ji on winning state elections—not the first one that Modi Ji has won. Why did he do it? The sitting resident of the West Wing has long lost the crown of "leader of the free world" through constant policy flip-flops, crumbling under the realization that the elephant in the room refused to blink in the face of aggressive tariffs and deadlocked trade talks. So the script took a turn. Marco Rubio’s high-profile visit to India strangely—or perhaps dubiously—began not in New Delhi, but with a sudden, unprecedented stop in West Bengal.
We are watching the teaser of a high-stakes thriller series playing out right in front of our eyes.
Why did he do it?
Three Masks torn with utter contempt of the people, by the people and for the people.
But then, a new one is on, a much more dangerous and pretentious. But, I do trust my fellow citizens. They speak the oldest spoken language which survived over centuries. Given time, this mask will inevitably be torn away, for the people will definitely see through..
