Vijayakanth, the messiah of the rural youth
Sangeetha, Kripasankarai and Indumathi are only 12 but they have already started a fan club for Vijayakanth, the politician. "We like his films. We also like him as a politician. So, we go around telling elders to vote for him."
Similarly, Dhanalakshmi, dressed like a boy, and Sanathana Barati are only 8 but they were also rooting for Vijayakanth. "We want him to be the chief minister of Tamil Nadu."
When I said, "you people will get a chance to vote only after a few years', they replied, "But we will ask our parents and all the elders in our village to vote for him. That is why we have formed a kids' group in support of Vijayakanth," they said
Perhaps no other politician in India has such a young brigade rooting for him!
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