DMK wins Erode East bypoll
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu extended its winning run in elections on Saturday by emerging victorious in the Erode East bypoll with a massive margin against actor-politician Seeman's NTK, a victory that should come as a major boost to the M K Stalin-led party ahead of next year's Assembly elections.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate VC Chandhirakumar trounced Naam Tamilar Katchi's (NTK) M K Seethalakshmi by a margin of 91,558 votes. In the process, NTK, a Tamil nationalist organisation, forefeited deposit.
Chief Minister and DMK president Stalin said his party registered a huge victory on Periyar's (rationalist leader E V Ramasamy) soil. AIADMK chief and Leader of Opposition, Edappadi K Palaniswami, described the DMK’s win as “fake”, saying there was “nobody on the ground”.
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