Edappadi K Palaniswami 
Tamil Nadu

Victory of money, not democracy: EPS on Erode East loss

EVKS Elangovan thumps KS Thennarasu by a comfortable margin.

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CHENNAI: Breaking silence following the Erode East bypoll debacle, AIADMK's interim general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami condemned the mandate as "victory of money, not democracy."

EVKS Elangovan thumped KS Thennarasu by a comfortable margin.

The DMK-led Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan edged AIADMK's KS Thennarasu by a comfortable margin of 66,575 votes.

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