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    AIADMK mouthpiece mocks Dhinakaran’s poll debacle 

    The AIADMK on Monday mocked rival TTV Dhinakaran-led Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam for its poll drubbing and asserted that it cannot pose a challenge to the ruling party.

    AIADMK mouthpiece mocks Dhinakaran’s poll debacle 
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    The AIADMK took potshots at Dhinakaran for what it called his “tall talk,” all along, claiming that 1.5 crore party workers were on his side and that AMMK nominees would post impressive poll victories.


    The AIADMK organ “Namadhu Puratchi Thalaivi Amma,” in a write up sarcastically said though Dhinakaran’s nominees lost their deposits in the polls, their boastful claims have not stopped.


    Listing out the names of leaders who unsuccessfully tried to challenge the AIADMK in the past, including veteran leader RM Veerappan, the daily said “the AMMK has also been decimated” in a similar fashion.


    The ruling party newspaper said Dhinakaran and the AMMK should understand that they can neither pose a challenge to the AIADMK nor “lead” the party, which was nurtured by stalwarts like founder MG Ramachandran and former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. Dhinakaran fielded his nominees as independents in the recently held Lok Sabha elections and bypolls to 22 Assembly constituencies.


    Though his nominees garnered only five per cent votes cumulatively and lost deposits, they preempted the chances of AIADMK’s victory in LS constituencies like Chidambaram and Ramanathapuram and Assembly seats like Andipatti.


    Meanwhile, the AMMK’s daily “Dr Namadhu MGR,” said the poll debacle was not a “failure, but a stepping stone for success.” Stressing that it won over 22 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha polls, the party mouthpiece said “the media and other parties cannot underestimate us.” “We will be able to achieve our goal if we do not get bogged down; let us prepare to face the civic polls,” the AMMK organ said.

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