Tamil Nadu local body polls: BJP to ride on AIADMK’s shoulders to gain a foothold

The Bharatiya Janata Party, which had an unsuccessful outing in the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu earlier this year, is eyeing the upcoming local body polls to make inroads into the southern state.
It is looking to ride on the shoulders of its ally—the state’s ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)—to register a win in the local body polls.
The BJP had contested the Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Coimbatore, Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga seats in the parliamentary elections but failed to win any of the seats.
Before this, the national party won the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat in 2014. It has not won any state elections since 2001 when party candidate H Raja contested successfully from the Karaikudi assembly seat.

After winning the by-polls for the two assembly seats this October, the AIADMK is in an upbeat mood to contest the local body polls.

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