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DMK has hired Prasanth Kishore, but what exactly is his brief?

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Its news allover, and even the DMK leader Mr M K Stalin has happily, with a lot of glee communicated through his twitter account, that IPAC, and Prashanth Kishore will steer forward the campaign of the party, in the run up to the elections in the coming year. That said, given that the party is fairly on a strong footing, and has unparalled organisational strengths, and also given the the ruling ADMK will not be able to perform well, thanks to the absence of co-ordinated leadership of that party, and also anti-incumbency, what puzzled seasoned political observers and even senior leader of the DMK is - what exactly will IPAC and its campaign support achieve, and how much will it catalyze the already poised to win DMK?? So, what is IPACs brief with the DMK? A few people we have spoken to, both in the DMK, and across the political spectrum of the state have confided that more than any on the ground difference, what Stalin intends to achieve through this engagement with Prasanth Ki...