Vijay, AIADMK and horse-trading in Tamil Nadu

If you are from Tamil Nadu, you are probably hearing the term “horse trading” a lot.

We in Karnataka are pretty used to the phrase and its implications by now.

Horse trading, in its literal sense, is the buying and selling of horses.

Now, it's tough to evaluate how good a horse is. So in the 19th century, traders used all kinds of dishonest methods to sell horses.

In short, horse trading is used to denote underhanded business practices.

And that is exactly what’s playing out in Tamil Nadu. Horse trading of MLAs.

But why does Vijay need these MLAs, and how are they executing this operation?

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