Hoping for a sweep, DMK settles for victory
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Despite a win, the variety of seats secured has come as a disappointment to the successful entrance
Despite successful the Assembly election, the variety of seats secured has come as a disappointment to the DMK management, as get together president M.K. Stalin had repeatedly stated that it will outdo its earlier performances in Assembly polls this time.
“Earlier, I had said that we would win 200 seats. Now I say we will bag all 234,” was his widespread chorus throughout campaigning.
Backing the declare
Though an exaggerated declare, he had causes to consider his predictions for a landslide win — solely two years in the past, when the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, swept the Lok Sabha ballot with a brutal majority, the DMK and its allies had stopped its entry in Tamil Nadu.
The AIADMK, which went to the ballot with the BJP, additionally bore the brunt and had gained only one Lok Sabha seat.
Prior to the Assembly election, the DMK sought to capitalise on NEET and different important points, and began aggressively targetting the BJP, hoping to repeat its 2019 Lok Sabha efficiency.
Even throughout seat-sharing talks, the DMK performed its playing cards fastidiously to keep away from a state of affairs during which it will be beneath the mercy of its alliance companions. Opinion polls and exit polls gave 160-plus seats to the DMK alliance.
The DMK has swept the polls in Chennai and its neighbouring districts like Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur and the Delta districts. But the Western area that permit down the AIADMK within the Lok Sabha ballot proved the savior as soon as once more for the ruling get together.
The large names
Top AIADMK ministers like S.P. Velumani, P. Thangamani and C. Vijayabaskar, too, particularly focused by the DMK earlier and in the course of the marketing campaign, emerged unscathed within the election. Efforts by the DMK to rope in activists like Karthikeya Sivasenapathy to defeat Mr. Velumani additionally didn’t materialise.
The consequence clearly reveals that voters usually are not able to embrace the DMK in toto, regardless that they rejected the BJP within the Lok Sabha polls.
“While we welcome the change, we did not expect the AIADMK to perform this well in the election,” stated CPI(M) Polit Bureau member G. Ramakrishnan, an ally of the DMK.
He felt whereas a detailed evaluation of things contributing to the efficiency of the AIADMK must be carried out, the caste issue and an unprecedented use of cash by the ruling get together might need helped it within the western area.
Mr. Ramakrishnan rejected the argument that Puucho votes had consolidated in favour of the AIADMK-BJP alliance this time, saying that if that was the case, the DMK couldn’t have gained in different areas.
Viduthalai Chiruthaikal Katchi (VCK) common secretary and MP Thol. Thirumavalavan additionally shared the view of Mr. Ramakrishnan that the opposition couldn’t match the cash energy of the AIADMK.
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