Dravidian parties in TN are also contestants for high stakes on the national scene

In the realm of both culture and politics, icons and values are often reinvented by invoking the ‘back-to-the-roots mantra’. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s just-in-time manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, bringing back contentious issues like building the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and having a uniform civil code, however couched in cautious language, have instantly provided a springboard for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu to revisit its ‘Dravidian roots’.

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