In Tamil Nadu, Prashant Kishor’s former colleague is difficult him by reviving AIADMK

The Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections of 2021 will not be solely going to be contested between DMK and AIADMK but in addition between Prashant Kishor and Sunil Kanugolu. Just like AIADMK was shaped after a break up in DMK, Kanugolu, a former marketing consultant with Mckinsey, was earlier part of Prashant Kishor’s group when the latter was working for PM Modi’s marketing campaign for the 2014 basic elections. Now they’re towards one another for the upcoming state meeting elections.After the 2014 basic elections, in 2016, Kangolu headed the DMK’s state meeting election marketing campaign. Although the occasion misplaced within the 2016 meeting election by a skinny margin, his efforts and methods had been appreciated.In 2016, Kanugolu joined BJP’s Association of Billion Minds (ABM) as head and led the tenting technique in states like UP, Uttarakhand, and plenty of different states the place BJP emerged because the winner or the only largest occasion.Later Kanugolu joined DMK as head of the marketing campaign technique for the 2019 basic elections and performed an important position within the revival of M Okay Stalin’s picture because the chief of the occasion and heir of Karunanidhi’s legacy. Later he acquired disenchanted with the occasion and resigned in November 2019, and joined DMK’s arch-rival AIADMK in June final yr.Now Kanugolu is taking care of the marketing campaign of AIADMK in addition to advising Chief Minister Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami on key coverage points. Moreover, the occasion is being restructured. “There is activity in party restructuring now, starting from gram panchayat level. A new IT wing has been formed. Many changes at the district level are expected soon. The party is moving into election mode,” mentioned a senior occasion chief.The 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections can be between DMK and AIADMK in addition to Prashant Kishor and Kanugolu. AIADMK, which appeared very week a couple of after the 2019 basic election, is being revived, particularly after BJP ensured that it’ll go in alliance with the occasion and threw its weight behind Kanugolu.Previously, within the Union price range, the Modi authorities introduced 500 km of National Highway works in Tamil Nadu at an funding of 1.03 lakh crores. These embrace the Madurai-Kollam hall and Chittoor-Thatchur hall. Construction will begin subsequent yr. Moreover, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated many infrastructure initiatives within the state a couple of days in the past.Amit Shah is making an attempt to make a formidable Mahagathbandhan in Tamil Nadu consisting of AIADMK, BJP, Rajinikanth, and Alagiri which is able to make issues even trickier for the DMK which is left with solely the INC, which through the years has ended up hurting its alliance companions and acted as a parasite with living proof being the 2016 West Bengal elections and Bihar elections concluded in 2020. While the DMK can search for assist from Kamal Haasan, it’s unlikely to alter its fortunes as at the moment, it looks like the NDA will sweep Tamil Nadu within the meeting polls.