Emergence of Kanimozhi as a typical politician

By Chinnaa


Resignation of Ms.Kanimozhi's MP position and submission of the letter to her father and TN Chief Minister Mr. M. Karunanaifhi has become a big news to the media and people in Tamil Nadu. The interesting aspect of this story is that this episode is part and parcel of the major story that is Sri Lankans Tamil issue.
Many publications and telecasts from Chennai carried this report on 16.10.2008.

‘The Hindu’ carried a three column bottom left open page report along with a profile photo of Kanimozhi with a beaming headline

‘Kanimozhi submits resignation to Karunanidhi’

‘Daily Thanthi’ and 'Times of India' did not publish any story on Kanimozhi in this issue.

‘Dina Malar’, which allotted only fifth page for the Sri Lankan issue earlier, has now in its four column bottom left open page report along with profile photo of Kanimozhi , filed a prominent report.

‘Kanimozhi is the first MP to submit resignation letter’
‘Quits as MP’

‘The New Indian Express’ in its two column top left open page report, has given the following headline.

‘Kanimozhi opts to quit, first’
‘MP gives post-dated resignation letter’

From the day she was baptized into political arena, Ms.Kanimozhi has been astutely molded into a typical politician. Be it the maiden speech of hers in Parliament on nuclear energy agreement or the political statements and participations in various fora, she has been time and again proving that she is a typical politician.

The present resignation event is a crowning one in the sense that it has topped her all other events as a politician. There is a saying in Tamil, ‘Puli ettadi pancha kutty pathinaradi payum’, the equivalent of which is summarized as follows. ‘If the tiger leaps eight feet, its cub leaps sixteen feet’.

The media, especially the vernacular Tamil ones, on their part also give coverage to almost all her participations. Earlier she was identified by the media as a litterateur and the daughter of DMK chief Mr. M. Karunanidhi. Now it was all the more obvious that she is an MP and a prominent politician of the ruling party in Tamil Nadu.

She is also enjoying the confidence of Sonia Gandhi, the powerful Congress (I) president and Prime MInsiter of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh.

By the same logic, she is also the eyesore of opposition parties in Tamil Nadu, especially Ms. Jayalalitha, Mr. Vaiko, Dr. Ramadoss and Mr. Vijayakant.

Ms.Kanimozhi has really matured into a typical Indian and Tamil politician and the darling of Tamils. At the time of posting this piece, there comes a news that all DMK MPs except Mr.Dayanidhi Maran submitted resignation letters to their chief.This proves the fact that Kanimozhi is correct in her new avatar as a typical politician.