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BJP biggie’s pressure helped Vasan, admit TMC, AIADMK cadre

AIADMK leaders have a reason to blame the BJP for ‘losing’ a Rajya Sabha seat to ally Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC). And it seems their anger and frustration might not be misplaced.

BJP biggie’s pressure helped Vasan, admit TMC, AIADMK cadre
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Jayakumar; Amit Shah

Chennai

Even members of GK Vasan’s TMC admitted privately that pressure had come from the helm of BJP to nominate Vasan. So much so that there could be a paper trail to the saffron party proposing Moopanar’s son for the Upper House berth. If sources in the two parties are to be believed, the BJP top brass might have written to the AIADMK leadership in this regard. Unwilling to be quoted, a TMC insider reluctantly conceded that a highly placed BJP leader had personally recommended Vasan when two AIADMK Ministers had met him in the national capital recently.


Inquiries in the other camps also suggested that the BJP decision maker in Delhi might have given a letter of recommendation to the visiting AIADMK Ministers in person.


A TMC source seconded the same and said, “Like our leader stated, we have been requesting the AIADMK leaders to allot us a Rajya Sabha ticket almost during every meeting since the Lok Sabha elections. Indeed, we were aware that the AIADMK was considering someone from its own party for the third seat. The situation changed and the balance tilted in our leader’s (Vasan) favour owing to external pressure too. It did not happen because of our request alone.” The TMC leader was not averse to even recalling the bonhomie witnessed between Vasan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi when the latter had visited the state months ago, something that even surprised the AIADMK.


People who did not take the rapport seriously then, might have realized the significance now, he remarked, adding that they would gladly take it if the BJP leadership wants to make his leader a Union Minister.

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