Whenever the Bharatiya Janata Party government is in a difficult situation in the Parliament, it resorts to some ‘strategies’. This time it was the opposition’s bogeyman who ‘planned to attack’ the Prime Minister in Parliament (“PM told to avoid Lok Sabha as Congress MPs planned an ‘unexpected act’: Birla”, February 6). Since the opposition was armed with significant and pressing issues to corner the government – ​​first, the revelations of a former army chief in his book on the 2020 India-China conflict, and second, India’s long-term ties with Russia even at the expense of India’s rights in the trade deal with the United States, and the welfare of Indian farmers and local manufacturers – the ruling party’s game plan was quite clear.

Can the Prime Minister skip a session of Parliament on an important occasion when the entire country is under his control? Tharsius S. Fernando, Chennai BJP in Tamil Nadu The article, “Why the BJP struggles in Tamil Nadu (Opinion Page – ‘State of Play’, 4 February), was a clear prediction of the failure of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tamil Nadu. The observation that there is a shift from the Bhakti movement to a self-respect movement that has been anti-Brahministic and anti-Brahmin rituals and Sanskrit systems of worship is relevant.

The second reason is that N. G. R.

Prasad, Chennai BJP is an upper caste It is seen as a party of the oppressed and cannot replace the Dravidian parties which stand with the oppressed.