Vijay is Tamil Nadu's new CM: How his political style differs from traditional politics, his big challenges

Tamil Nadu politics has been traditionally shaped and dominated by Dravidian parties, with chief ministers symbolising power in a white veshti, and white shirt. Tamil Nadu's new Chief Minister, C. Joseph Vijay, moved away from this old image, and arrived in black trousers while his crisp white shirt tucked neatly beneath a blazer- with no veshti- marking a sharp departure from the political style long associated with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).

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