Kamal hits back, terms Mahendran’s move as ‘a weed removing itself’
Top office-bearers of actor-politician Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), including its vice-president R. Mahendran tendered their resignations on Thursday, days after the party’s rout in the Assembly election.
Mr. Mahendran accused Mr. Haasan of not changing his approach towards the party and its cadre even after the electoral defeat. He also accused election management company, Sankhya Solutions, of creating blocks between Mr. Haasan, the office-bearers and the party cadre.
Mr. Haasan hit back at Mr. Mahendran, terming his leaving the party as “a weed removing itself”. He said the vice-president had quit, knowing full well that he was going to be sacked and was trying to gain sympathy by blaming others.
Poll analysis: DMK benefitted from anti-incumbency
ongress brought substantial gains for DMK-led Front; BJP was a liability for the AIADMK; Kamal Haasan was defeated by a BJP woman candidate; Sasikala protégé vanquished; Khushboo loses too.
By M A Siraj| Published: 5th May 2021 3:02 pm IST M.K. Stalin
Tamil Nadu has witnessed the return of the DMK to the saddle of power after a hiatus of ten years. The party while bagging 133 seats (out of total 234) has ensured victory of Congress candidates on 18 seats. The two communist parties CPI and the CPM which won two seats each and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi with its four seats have taken the DMK-led front’s tally to 159. That DMK was set to capture power at the St. Fort George had become evident during the 2019 Lok Sabha election itself when the DMK alliance made a clean sweep of 38 of the 39 seats from the State. However, AIADMK which performed poorly then seems to have recovered a lot of lost ground as the party won
Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) and Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) seem to have played a role in AIADMK candidates winning in six of the 10 Assembly constituencies, as the votes the two parties’ candidates had g
Tamil Nadu Elections Threw Up Some Surprises, But Largely Maintained Tradition
DMK president MK Stalin visits his father and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu late M Karunanidhis memorial after receives the victory certificate , in Chennai, Sunday night, May 3, 2021. Photo: PTI/R. Senthil Kumar
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Chennai: The assembly elections in Tamil Nadu have thrown up very few surprises. The election â first to the assembly since the deaths of leaders M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa â was expected to serve as a pointer to the future of the state. In its outcome, it is now clear that the state will stick to its course of bi-polar politics revolving around the DMK and the AIADMK.
In Coimbatore, as many as 0.9% ie., 19,559 voters cast their votes to NOTA.
While two segments – Sulur and Mettupalayam – had recorded more than 1% NOTA vote share which is highest in the district and Coimbatore South has recorded only 0.5% which is the lowest in the district, other segments’ NOTA vote share is between 0.7 and 0.9%. The number of voters who opted for NOTA is considerably higher than the votes scored by many independent candidates.
A first-time voter S Vishnuprasad said, “I voted for NOTA to register my displeasure. I did not want to cast my vote for the candidates of major political parties. But at the same time, I did not want to waste my vote by casting it for independent candidates who will not win the seat due to obvious reasons. So, I preferred NOTA to candidates.”TNN