The Jallikattu protests in Tamil Nadu are unprecedented. Another thing that is certain is that it has affected the BJP the most and extinguished what little political chance it had in Tamil Nadu. Even without this current setback, the BJP, which is seen as a “Hindi party”, was finding it hard to expand in Tamil Nadu. Over the decades the Dravidian ideology might have considerably diluted, but not enough to erase the anti-Hindi sentiments — a feeling that has been revived with the Jallikattu protests. Its political relevance in Tamil Nadu is better than the AAP and the Congress—but that’s really cold comfort.

Source: Hindustan Times January 22, 2017 15:19 UTC