All stories by N SATHIYA MOORTHY
Will Supreme Court's AIADMK rule apply to Shiv Sena too?
Rediff.com10 Feb 2023The case of the two Shiv Sena factions for legitimacy and the party symbol, 'Bow and Arrow', is now before the Election Commission. Whichever way the EC findings go, the other can be expected to move the Supreme Court. They would need a final verdict before the parliamentary polls, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Mood Of The Nation Poll: What Modi-Shah Must Worry About
Rediff.com4 Feb 2023'According to the survey, ideological issues like Article 370 and Ayodhya received only 14 and 12 per cent voter-backing, respectively.' 'It could well imply that hardline Hindutva issues have only that much voter-purchase, compared to Modi's overall popularity of 52 per cent -- putting the man way above the mission,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
An Assembly Bypoll Like None Other
Rediff.com25 Jan 2023Neither the ruling DMK nor the fractured AIADMK Opposition anticipated that an assembly by-election would put them both to test, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Return Of 'Committed Judiciary' Or Judicial Over-Reach?
Rediff.com23 Jan 2023Vice President Dhankar's and Law Minister Rijuju's recent interventions have the danger of destabilising the Constitutional equilibrium, cautions N Sathiya Moorthy.
Why Did TN Governor Omit Dr Ambedkar's Name?
Rediff.com10 Jan 2023According to state government sources, not only did the governor insert some corrections, but he also initialled the final draft after those corrections had been made, reveals N Sathiya Moorthy.
Why Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi Has Got It Wrong
Rediff.com9 Jan 2023Words and actions like those of R N Ravi and a vocal section of the state BJP have only added to Tamil fears and suspicions, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Does Rahul Want To Be Opposition PM Candidate?
Rediff.com3 Jan 2023After Rahul's Bharat Jodo Yatra began criss-crossing the Hindi heartland, BJP leaders have revived their attacks on 'dynasty politics' and 'family rule' in the Congress, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
How Did TN BJP Chief Own A Rafale Watch?
Rediff.com28 Dec 2022If Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai bought it in 2015, did he get prior approval from the Union home ministry, and did he include it in his annual wealth returns, sections of the media want to know. N Sathiya Moorthy on the curious case of the 'Rafale' watch.
Will 'Himachal Model' Help Congress In 12 State Polls?
Rediff.com21 Dec 2022The Congress may stand a better chance in the assembly polls if it followed the 'Himachal model', suggests N Sathiya Moorthy.
Stalin Draws Up Line Of DMK Succession
Rediff.com14 Dec 2022What does Udhayanidhi's induction as minister mean? For the DMK, it indicates the future course, direction and leadership. It is continuity with change, and change with continuity, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Gujarat/Himachal's 2024 Message For Modi
Rediff.com10 Dec 2022The message for 2024 is that the man on the street is not going to be euphoric if the G-20 crowns Modi as king-emperor for 2023, or if India sends its first man to space just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Even a 'temple consecration' in Ayodhya, or a Uniform Civil Code, or both of them together, may not have enough electoral purchase if fuel and commodity prices are not rolled back, and money-in-the-pocket does not fatten, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Stalin's Son Rises In The Party Of The Rising Sun
Rediff.com1 Dec 2022His likable boy-next-door face and casual approach to public speaking have a unique appeal for the younger generation, but it stops there, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Modi's Sangamam: Less Of Tamil, More Of Politics
Rediff.com23 Nov 2022The inaugural Sangamam turned out to be a political Hindutva function than a gathering on the Hindu religion, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
What Centre's Review Plea in Rajiv Convicts' Case Means
Rediff.com18 Nov 2022The current question is about the BJP-ruled Centre, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like its predecessors, not arguing the Union of India's case effectively and continuously, whenever the matter came up in the past, if its case still was that Rajiv's killing was an 'act of terror', asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
BJP Barking Up The Wrong Tree In Tamil Nadu
Rediff.com14 Nov 2022The BJP continuing to look at the Dravidian polity through the religious prism has not worked in Tamil Nadu whereas it has yielded political and electoral results across much of the rest of the country, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Sunak Is Indian, But Sonia A Foreigner?
Rediff.com7 Nov 2022If the Indian son-in-law can become prime minister in another country, could the daughter-in-law have not become one here, especially considering that the Indian culture and tradition is for the bahu to live, think and act like her in-laws, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
How Kharge Can Change Indian Politics
Rediff.com28 Oct 2022A new Congress leader may make an electoral impact by his very presence. Congress voters who had moved away from the party, after being influenced by the BJP's 'family rule' campaign, can now return with a certain moral satisfaction, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Jayalalithaa's Death: Will Sasikala Be Prosecuted?
Rediff.com21 Oct 2022Jayalalithaa was the third chief minister in Tamil Nadu to die in office, after her mentor M G Ramachandran (1987) and before that his mentor C N Annadurai (1969). The state government should have evolved protocols for the medical care of the incumbent, and institutional memory should have guided the government and officials in the matter, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Time For Stalin To Get Tough With Party, Babus
Rediff.com19 Oct 2022Tamil Nadu's voters wanted tough leaders at the helm, to the point of being autocratic. It was what Karunanidhi, MGR and Jayalalithaa ended up becoming, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Were The Chola Kings Hindus Or Not?
Rediff.com11 Oct 2022The aftermath of Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan has led to an argument that there was no religion as Hinduism in Chola times.
Instead, there was only Saivism, Vaishnavism, etc, and that the Cholas were Saivites, and hence not Hindus, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.