If EVR was against caste based politics, all his protege's who are now ruling TN are playing ONLY caste based politics. Isnt this a contradiction? The fact is, with the advent of all the 'Kazhagam' parties, TN is completely messed up. The parties praise EVR publicly, at the same time, privately they hated him. All EVR's followers acted against his wishes during his last years -- Anna, Karunanidhi, later MGR. Anna split with EVR, because he wanted to become CM, which EVR was against. If EVR hadnt married his young wife at his last years, his fortune would have gone to the party. He didnt want that. So Rajaji adviced him to marry her.
The sad fact is TN people are the biggest fools, who are getting ripped off RL & C by the local politics.
But the overall picture is a bit good, because Congress (read Indira Gandhi), after shooting its foot by denigrating its own candidate Kamaraj, never gained foot in TN and its been 40 yrs and counting. The results of those stupid moves by Indira Gandhi for her personal benefits are being felt in the last 15 yrs. Congress, once a single & mighty party can survive only by begging other parties. Once upon a time, the Hindi heartland controlled whole of India, and the lower states were kind of 'hanging' on to the North, but now Congress has to get permissions from Karunanidhi, Laloo Yadav etc to even goto bathroom.
If the real truth of EVRs last years are told, and if the Kazhagam parties, esp Karunanidhi have any shame left, TN history would have been different. But since Karunanidhi himself sponsored this film, whats being told & sold is a commercial masala film.
