The AIMIM had contested from seven assembly segments in West Bengal and three in Tamil Nadu.
HYDERABAD: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has failed to repeat its Bihar and Maharashtra magic in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM party failed to win a single seat in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu assembly elections, the results of which were declared on Sunday.
The AIMIM had contested from seven assembly segments in West Bengal and three in Tamil Nadu. The party went alone to the hustings after its attempts to form an alliance with Indian Secular Front (ISF) failed. Owaisi fielded candidates from Itahar, Jalangi, Sagardighi, Bharatpur, Malatipur, Ratua and Asansol North where Muslim voters are in majority and none of them managed to win.
The victory did not, however, land in Stalin s lap and he worked towards it by reaching out to people systematically by targeting the Centre and state governments on many issues.
Be it the National Education Policy, the Citizenship Amendment Act, farm laws or raising voice to bring education back to the state list of the Constitution, he said the BJP- led Centre was anti-people.
Stalin s narrative was that the BJP government trampled on the rights of states and was against Tamil culture and imposed Hindi and Sanskrit and by being subservient to such a regime, the AIADMK too was against people formed part of his narrative.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 2 (ANI): As the counting of votes for the single-phased Tamil Nadu Assembly elections is underway, early trends show Makkal Needhi Maiam chief Kamal Haasan leading from Coimbatore (South) constituency.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 2 (ANI): Despite a ban on victory processions imposed by the Election Commission (EC) in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in the country, DMK workers and supporters were seen celebrating in large numbers outside Anna Arivalayam, the party headquarters here, as official trends show the party leading.
Tamil Nadu Assembly elections: DMK leads in 38 seats, AIADMK in 35 ANI | Updated: May 02, 2021 10:24 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 2 (ANI): The ruling AIADMK is leading in 35 seats while the DMK is leading in 38 seats, as per initial trends from Tamil Nadu.
The single-phase Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu were held on April 6. The counting of votes began at 8 am today.
All arrangements were made for counting of votes in Tamil Nadu Assembly polls which are the first such polls to be held in the absence of two towering leaders of the state and former chief ministers J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi.