However, her handling of flood situation came in for criticism with DMK alleging that “Jayalalithaa did not even meet the flood victims and console them” and raking up issues like alleged “insistence of AIADMK partymen to paste her sticker in relief materials”. The DMK party has to again sit in the opposition for 5 more years. The BJP was ahead in six and its alliance partner Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in three, IANS reported.
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Most pollsters are trying to glean what one factor led to a mass voter decision, but analysts on the ground in Tamil Nadu say that we might be closer to understanding the result if we looked at not one, but several influences.
Similarly, DMDK chief and Chief Ministerial candidate of the DMDK-People’s Welfare Front-TMC combine Vijayakanth has been relegated to the third place in Ulundurpet segment. There was an alliance between AIADMK and PMK party before the elections.
In a tweet, Modi said “Had a telephone conversation with Jayalalithaa ji and congratulated her on her victory”. The party made its presence felt in North Tamil Nadu which is considered Karunanidhi’s stronghold.
AIADMK supporters celebrate the party’s victory in Tamil Nadu’s assembly elections today.
In 1989, when she was first forced to quit because of the corruption charges, she had vowed not to return to the state Assembly unless she did so as Chief Minister.
Attacking her rival DMK, she said, “This election has upheld true democracy shattering to pieces the campaign of lies of DMK”.
Maran, who is the grandnephew DMK patriarch M. Karunanidhi, said the exit polls did predict a victory for his party.
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Chennai: Making an headway, AIADMK was leading in 37 seats while DMK in 19 seats, as per early trends in counting of votes for 232 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu on Thursday. The stock rose significantly on the back of exit poll results. Stalin, on the other hand, is a five-time MLA who has served as the state’s deputy chief minister.
