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rediff.com's expert panel and its battery of reporters across
the country answer readers' poll queries:  Ashok, Australia To
which party Rajinikant is Supporting  Answer: Rajnikanth has
dumped the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and decided to vote for the
National Democratic Alliance led by the BJP. But he has not
asked his supporters to also vote for the BJP-led alliance. He
has only announced who he will vote for and left his fans to
decide on their own, based on local realities, who they should
vote for. The only party he wants defeated this time is the
Pattali Makkal Katchi, with whose leader S Ramadoss he has been
having a running feud for some time now, ever since his last
film Baba was released.  S Akhilesh, Bangalore Will it be
correct to prevent regional parties from contesting the LS Polls
as this leads to hung assembly?  Answer: The sentiment behind
the question is laudable, but unfortunately this cannot be the
answer to the problem.  Sidd