Chennai, Aug. 15 -- Eulogising the party supremo is a Dravidian hallmark for getting into the good books of the leadership, and the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), a party of the Dravidian shade, is no exception to this practice, as witnessed in the current budget session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly with Ministers competing with one another to heap praise on Chief Minister Vijay.
Not to be left behind in this race were the DMK legislators who rivalled the TVK in singing paeans to the Leader of the Opposition and the young dynast of the party, Udhayanidhi Stalin, despite the DMK having been dethroned.
Setting the tone for sycophancy, Finance Minister Marie Wilson, in his maiden Budget speech, described the Chief Minister as the true ...