Puducherry is PM Modi’s gateway to Tamil Nadu. And individuals’s response proves that

After the sudden but spectacular fall of the Congress authorities in Puducherry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the union territory for the primary time to inaugurate a slew of infrastructure tasks. However, after gifting the state with some main infrastructure tasks, the PM got here down closely on the V Narayanasamy-led former Congress authorities and gave a sign that Puducherry was going to be BJP’s gateway to unlocking South India and particularly Tamil Nadu, within the coming elections.We need Puducherry to be the BEST.Business hub.Education hub.Spiritual hub.Tourism hub. pic.twitter.com/2kurjoLKoQ— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 25, 2021“What I am seeing here today — the energy and enthusiasm — is wonderful. It shows how the direction of the wind is changing in Puducherry,” mentioned PM Modi on the rally the place he additional added “In 2016, Puducherry didn’t get a people’s government. They got a government that was busy serving the Congress high command in Delhi, their priorities were different. Your former CM was an expert in lifting the slippers of his top party leaders,”#WATCH In Puducherry, PM Modi says, “If you ask me to share my manifesto for Puducherry, I will say – I want Puducherry to be the Best. NDA wants to make Puducherry the BEST. By BEST, I mean — B for business hub, E for education hub, S for spiritual hub, and T for tourism hub”. pic.twitter.com/jOgmnG0CG2— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2021Read extra: The significance of PM Modi’s go to to PuducherryEvoking the unhappy state of affairs of the financial system of the UT, PM Modi reminded the general public of Congress’ motto of solely working for the Gandhi household and never the general public. “The high command Congress government in Puducherry made it a point to damage every sector of governance. Traditional mills closed. Local industry was troubled. Congress doesn’t believe in working for the people,” PM Modi mentioned.Read extra: With Puducherry bastion falling, South India has turn out to be Congress-muktIt is pertinent to notice that BJP is confidently coming into the electoral battleground of Puducherry – which works to polls together with the 4 states of West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu in April-May this 12 months.Only earlier this week, the Gandhi prince, whose occasion was stripped off energy in Puducherry, had claimed that the politics of South India was rather more refreshing than that witnessed within the North (the place the BJP dominates). As such, Rahul Gandhi had taken to politically dividing North and South Indians, calling the alternatives of the latter group slightly complete and mature.Read extra: Rahul Gandhi is attempting to revive the previous concept of ‘United States of South India,’ furthering India’s North-South divideAfter dominating the politics of northern India the place BJP has bulldozed its method by, the saffron occasion is now trying to make deep inroads within the southward area the place Dravidian, in addition to left events, nonetheless name the photographs.BJP’s want to win the south was evident within the current Greater Hyderabad Municipal council elctions polls the place the occasion unloaded biggies and stalwarts to alter the narrative. From Amit Shah to JP Nadda to Yogi Adityanath–BJP went all out to present the Municipal elections, the identical precedence as any meeting or nationwide election.“Give one chance to the BJP in the GHMC elections. We shall transform from dynasty rule to democratic rule, from corruption to good governance, from secrecy to transparency. We shall transform Hyderabad into a Mini Bharat and not be stuck in Nawabi and Nizami culture,” Shah had mentioned after one in every of his roadshows within the metropolis.Read extra: BJP’s efficiency in Hyderabad, its elections preparations for Kerala – Why South India’s politics is headed for a changeThus one can solely assume within the coming days, because the election dates method nearer, BJP will unleash its full arsenal to get its toe into the South India politics by successful Puducherry and ultimately set the roadmap for the longer term victories in larger states equivalent to Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Unlike Congress, BJP is transferring forward methodically by taking child steps to achieve its final aim whereas the dynast occasion continues on its merry methods of self-immolation. The EC has not but introduced the dates of the elections however PM Modi and his occasion have swung into motion already.