STRAIGHT TALKS

It was DMK Leader MK Stalin who recognised this impending defeat of DMK more than any other leader. Other parties were yet to realise that they stand a robust opportunity to have a go at Fort St George, the seat of power in Tamilnadu. While its tougher to regain power after two consecutive defeats for DMK, new parties often have high  energy at birth.  Giving up hope and trust on his own disgruntled cadres including many leaders who were sticking to DMK without choice despite being ill treated by the dynastic family, Stalin chose to opt for professional Election management agency, iPAC. The mind boggling cost of ₹350 crore for the project was based on the past credentials of company. To believe that a corporate agency can be solely be held responsible for BJP's ascendency in 2014 is naive. Modi rode on a wave disgruntled by the arrogance of CongressParty and the n number of scams of UPA. With the same organ running Elections for Congress in UP, Congress was white washed in the stat