All stories by N Sathiya Moorthy
Stalin buries hatchet with TN Congress, but for how long?
Rediff.com20 Jan 2020The truce, even if it is not permanence peace, will come under stress and test during the pending polls to rural local bodies in nine revenue districts and urban polls across the state, including those for 16 municipal corporations, starting with Chennai, the oldest and largest, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
AIADMK falls to anti-CAA sentiment in TN local polls
Rediff.com3 Jan 2020Will the AIADMK acknowledge the role of CAA and the anti-CAA protests, both inside the state and outside, as among the causes for the current electoral reversal, as many in the party now want? It is unlikely to be so, but then the pressure will increase on the leadership to reassess the BJP alliance at one level and the 'blind support' for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial policies on the other, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Can India trust Gota and the Rajapaksas?
Rediff.com5 Dec 2019New Delhi is approaching Gota with an open mind, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Bypolls won, AIADMK may pad up for local body polls
Rediff.com25 Oct 2019But the question before the leadership will be whether to retain the BJP alliance or dump it, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
AIADMK cadres are wary about Modi-Xi show
Rediff.com19 Sep 2019'To them, the day may not be far off when the state BJP starts claiming and propagating that Modi is next only to AIADMK's late boss Jayalalithaa,' says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Will NIA, instant talaq laws impact Vellore poll outcome?
Rediff.com31 Jul 2019'It may take the AIADMK much more convincing than already, not only to try and bring around even the one-time Muslim voters of the party. 'More importantly, the party leadership may find it even more difficult to convince traditional party voters and cadres, who had admired Jaya's nonchalance to the party and leader ruling the Centre,' says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Why Yeddy may not be BJP's best bet in Karnataka
Rediff.com26 Jul 2019In true Karnataka political style, which cuts across parties and loyalties, any reinstatement of Yeddiyurappa, even with adequate legislative majority, could trigger rebellion from within, which could embarrass the Modi-Shah duo than any other development elsewhere in the country, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
A schizo polity called Tamil Nadu
Rediff.com11 Jun 2019Why did such a 'socially conscientious' people adapt to cash-for-votes and the like, as fish to water? N Sathiya Moorthy offers an explanation.
Why the 'pro-Hindi' lobby in Tamil Nadu has got it wrong
Rediff.com5 Jun 2019Flowing from an inadequate understanding of Tamil history and politics is an urban elitist mindset that does not seem to be able to touch and feel the real angst of the larger Tamil-speaking masses, cutting across the social and economic status of the individual, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Modi's election 2019 is a repeat of Indira's in 1971
Rediff.com29 May 2019Allegations of strains on democratic and constitutional institutions across the board, security threats from outside, a greedy Opposition inside, were all a part of the package then as now, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Elections reaffirm TN as a Dravidian fort
Rediff.com25 May 2019With DMK's M K Stalin coming into his own, and the rival AIADMK too leaving no space for third parties, Tamil Nadu will remain a Dravidian stronghold for a long time, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Why BJP and AIADMK got swept away in TN
Rediff.com24 May 2019The DMK combine has won 37 of the 38 LS constituencies in Tamil Nadu, and bagged 13 of the 22 assembly bypolls. What swept away the AIADMK-BJP alliance in the southern state was not dravidian ideology but job loss and graft bias, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
EPS may have nothing much to fear from assembly by-poll results
Rediff.com22 May 2019Should the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu not make the required five out of 22 by-election seats, or even otherwise, the temptation to poach, especially from the Congress or starting with the Congress may be high on Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisami's agenda, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Why Kamal Haasan made the Godse remark now
Rediff.com15 May 2019'The Godse controversy may have helped Kamal Haasan reach out to a larger audience, both inside the state and outside, coming as it does when the main campaign for elections 19 is over and only those in the four assembly bypoll constituencies are drudging along,' says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Ahead of bypolls and results, AIADMK displays unusual nerves
Rediff.com3 May 2019The ruling party's decision to serve 'disqualification' notice to three party MLAs when polling for four more assembly by-elections are due for May 19 may have been taken to keep the flock together post-results, rather than seek to lose more than already, but it has sent out alarming signals in a state ruled till recently by an Iron Lady, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
10 days after Sri Lanka's Easter blasts, questions remain
Rediff.com1 May 2019Even as the polity find ways and means to address the genuine concerns and fears of the society, the Sri Lankan State apparatus would have to unravel these mystery-questions with convincing answers, and a road-map to the future, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Will winner take all in Tamil Nadu?
Rediff.com17 Apr 2019With election campaign ending in Tamil Nadu before it goes to polls on Thursday, N Sathiya Moorthy lists a few questions uppermost in the minds of voters.
Why Hindutva vote is unable to grow in TN
Rediff.com8 Apr 2019In a state where Hindu social identity continues to remain in the overarching Dravida umbrella, the 'Hindutva' political identity does not have the same, or even near-similar electoral purchase, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Stalin wages lone battle against Oppn full blast
Rediff.com1 Apr 2019The DMK has Stalin and Stalin alone as the key campaigner. The rest of them all, including half-sister Kanimozhi, are tied down to their own constituencies while those like party treasurer and former minister S Duraimurugan, to those of their children's constituencies.
Hardly a drop to drink, but water not a poll issue for Dravidian majors
Rediff.com26 Mar 2019At first look, the reader would be aghast at the similarities in the DMK and AIADMK's manifestos, wondering if the same hand had drafted both. Yet, when it comes to drinking water and irrigation supplies, both parties are equally silent on the subject -- as if summer did not exist, as didn't water scarcity, says N Sathiya Moorthy.