A Raja won Nilgris MP seat in 2019 with overwhelming 52.4% vote.
Yet, bandh organized in Nilgris by Hindu organizations this Tuesday against his abusive speech on Hindus was resounding success with 90% establishments closed.
A show of Hindu strength unprecedented in TN before.
Establishment is rattled that the constituency they swept in 2019 was openly showing such defiance.
Near shutdown of Nilgris for a day demonstrated Hindus are not political orphans in the state.
Recent strike down on BJP functionaries is the reaction of a frustrated ecosystem.
Nilgris constituency is part of Kongu region that NDA is traditionally more strong in.
Also has high proportion of linguistic minorities, who are moving increasingly with BJP.
A Raja being an outsider to the district, high chance he loses in 2024 if he returns to contest again.
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