Since January this year, at least 16 leaders of the BJP in Tamil Nadu have quit the party.
Many have joined its alliance partner AIADMK instead, irking BJP State president K Annamalai. On State Of Play, South First Political Editor Anusha Ravi Sood explains what these defections mean to the BJP-AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu and why AIADMK under Edappadi Palaniswami has tilted the status quo.