There cannot be a more opportunistic alliance than the one formed between the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the PMK (Page 1, “AIADMK signs pact with BJP, PMK, February 20). It was only recently that some in the PMK complained about the AIADMK’s alleged corruption. One wonders what happened now. The PMK is too naive to take people for granted. One hopes that people recognise and reject the opportunistic politics behind such alliances.
T. Anand Raj,
Chennai
The PMK allying with the AIADMK is an unanticipated move given that that party has been critical of the AIADMK administration ever since Jayalalithaa was in power in Tamil Nadu. The BJP joining hands with the AIADMK is another game of opportunism.
N. Visveswaran,
Chennai
Politics makes strange bedfellows and the seat-sharing accord reached between the AIADMK, the BJP and the PMK is proof that parties with disparate ideologies that have been spewing venom at each another can come together to fight elections by swallowing the insults. What is really puzzling though is the PMK hitching its wagon to the AIADMK star.
There are numerous instances of the top leadership in the PMK highlighting the “misdeeds” of the Dravidian party and even accusing it of being indifferent towards the people (“Trolls have a field day on social media”, February 20).
C.V. Aravind,
Bengaluru
The alacrity shown by the BJP in stitching up electoral alliances, in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, proves that politics is the art of the possible (Page 1, “Shiv Sena makes a U-turn, ties up with BJP”, February 19). By agreeing to be a junior partner in Tamil Nadu and mollifying a sulking ally in Maharashtra says much about its pragmatic politics aimed at the larger picture — of winning the general election. The strategy seems to be one of losing a few battles but gearing up to win the war.
C.G. Kuriakose,
Kothamangalam, Kerala
