Dr Duggaraju Srinivasa Rao

It is not uncommon in India for the strange things to happen in the pre-election and election campaign time. The unexpected political coalitions despite the ideological differences, promising un-implementable things to the voters are very common. But this time around the way the ruling parties in the South Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu are using religion of political gain baffled everyone. Cadres of CPM, DMK, are finding it difficult to defend the somersaults of their party top leadership on their pro-Hindu overtures and in turn question the need for an ideological compromise just to retain power. At present the cadre’s questions are not loud but as the campaign picks up and political rivals start taunting, they may pick up courage to challenge the top

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