2 months ago
1
Bharatiya Janata Party, a cardinal constituent of the National Democratic Alliance successful Tamil Nadu, has erstwhile again chosen its favourite constituency successful the South – Ramanathapuram – to trial its h2o aft bringing a slew of Union-government steered projects to the bordering district.
The party, since 2006 Assembly elections, has consistently attempted to raise its elector enactment basal successful the district and has even managed to unafraid a important ballot share, making important inroads into antecedently unreachable constituencies.
The evident increase successful votes has enactment the constituency in their apical precedence list, said section BJP leaders.
Starting from 2006 Assembly elections erstwhile BJP campaigner A. Sathiah secured 5,624 votes and stood successful the 4th place, the BJP candidates fielded successful the constituency managed to get 28,060 votes (D. Kannan) successful 2011, 15,029 votes (D. Kannan) successful 2016, and 60,763 votes (D. Kuppuramu) successful 2021.
The BJP, which has sought to summation its ballot slope successful the upcoming elections, has not shied away from contesting successful wide elections too.
The past BJP campaigner S. Thirunavukkarasar, presently successful the Indian National Congress, who was fielded from Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency successful 2009, secured 3rd spot by getting 1,28,332 votes.
In 2014, BJP campaigner D. Kuppu Ramu, who managed to summation the votes to 1,71,082 stood successful 3rd place. Nainar Nagenthran, the existent BJP State president, whom the NDA alliance fielded arsenic its candidate representing BJP in the constituency successful 2019, doubled the votes by securing 3,42,821 and roseate to 2nd presumption successful the rank.
However, pursuing the BJP-AIADMK alliance divided successful the 2019 wide elections, O. Panneerselvam, erstwhile Chief Minister and erstwhile AIADMK leader, faced the predetermination arsenic an autarkic campaigner with the enactment of BJP.
Falling conscionable down K. Navas Kani, existent MP and the IUML campaigner arsenic portion of the DMK alliance, Mr. Panneerselvam in the 2024 elections, secured 3,42,882 votes and held the 2nd position.
While seeking to consolidate its ballot stock successful strongholds like Kanniyakumari and Coimbatore, the nationalist enactment has also endeavoured to found a beingness successful the Ramanathapuram district by leveraging its spiritual entreaty and the communicative of a humanities ‘North-South’ connect.
By making 2 authoritative visits to the territory – successful 2024 and 2025- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a slew of projects including the inauguration of the caller Pamban span and besides made a sojourn to the Sri Ramanathaswamy Temple successful Rameswaram.
Given his predominant visits to the district, determination was adjacent speculation that helium would contention the 2024 wide elections from there. Though that did not instrumentality shape, the enactment done events like Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 made accordant efforts to not suffer its hold over the district.
Ramanathapuram BJP District president K. Muraleedharan, portion discussing the party’s determination growth, highlighted Mr. Modi’s idiosyncratic involution successful 2014 to unafraid the merchandise of 5 Rameswaram fishermen who had been facing the decease punishment successful a Sri Lankan court.
“While the Rameswaram fishermen frequently bore the brunt of Indo-Sri Lankan maritime tensions, often falling unfortunate to the Sri Lankan Navy’s gunfire, post-2014 the Indian government’s proactive diplomacy has ensured that no fisherman from the portion has faced such lethal consequences,” helium added.
Along with this, developments similar laying a road from Rameswaram to Dhanushkodi and earmarking Ramanathapuram as 1 of the aspirational districts, have also earned a positive reputation for the party, helium noted.
Although the authoritative campaigner was yet to be named astatine the clip filing of report, Mr. Muraleedharan expressed assurance that immoderate typical chosen by the enactment would beryllium warmly received, fixed the sustained initiatives of the Union authorities to make the district.
