I had posted this particular post on Threads for which I got 100,000 views –
“I am completely anti-BJP, but I should admit that BJP is perhaps the only party in India with tremendous foresight and a deep understanding of public psychology.
Around 34 per cent voted for Vijay primarily because they love Vijay. So naturally, anyone opposing him becomes their enemy, while anyone supporting him becomes their ally. Since DMK and AIADMK will inevitably attack TVK politically, many TVK supporters may emotionally drift toward whichever force appears supportive of Vijay.
That is where BJP could strategically enter Tamil Nadu — not necessarily by directly controlling TVK, but by positioning itself as a friendly force to Vijay and his supporters. If that happens, TVK could unintentionally become the bridge through which BJP weakens Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu.”
Now on to the blog –
Rangaraj Pandey once said in an interview: “BJP will win West Bengal in 2026, and Tamil Nadu in 2031.” BJP may not have performed strongly in Tamil Nadu now — but perhaps winning this election was never the real plan.
Amit Shah is no fool. He removed K. Annamalai — a leader who was steadily gaining popularity among Tamil Nadu youth — from the state presidentship and handed it over to Nainar Nagendran, who still lacks statewide recognition.
BJP understands one thing clearly: to grow in Tamil Nadu, the ideological spine of Dravidianism must first weaken. And today, several Tamil political figures are, directly or indirectly, contributing to that weakening — Seeman, K. Annamalai, and now Vijay.
Congress distanced itself from DMK, and history will remember it as a major political betrayal.
DMK and its veteran leadership perhaps remain the last major political force still openly rooted in Periyarist ideology, while AIADMK has already moved far away from it.
The challenge for Dravidian politics is simple: today’s Tamil youth have no living memory of what their grandfathers and great-grandfathers faced under upper-caste dominance. Over time, every political ideology weakens — and Dravidianism too may gradually fade.
Vijay’s politics increasingly appears anti-Dravidian in tone — something BJP would certainly welcome. An unstable political environment over the next five years could push voters toward a new alternative. But that shift may not take people back to the traditional Dravidian parties or even to cinema politics. Instead, it could create space for an entirely new political wave — one detached from Dravidianism — which may become fertile ground for BJP’s expansion in Tamil Nadu.
In many ways, the future of Tamil Nadu politics may depend on two men — M. K. Stalin and Amit Shah.
If Stalin exits the political scene before Amit Shah, BJP’s path into Tamil Nadu could become significantly easier. If Amit Shah exits first, Dravidian politics may survive longer — though its gradual decline may already have begun.