Poll Pact With BJP Led to Total Loss of Minority Votes Says AIADMK’s C. Ve. Shanmugam
Former Law Minister and one of the senior leaders in the AIADMK C Ve Shanmugam has said the party’s decision to ally with the BJP was the key reason behind its loss in the RE recently concluded Assembly polls.
Speaking in Villupuram today, Shanmugam said the electorate harbored no hate against the AIADMK, but they disapproved of the pact with the BJP.
“Because of that alliance, we lost minority votes completely…”
Former Law Minister and AIADMK leader C. Ve. Shanmugam breaks the silence of the BJP-AIADMK alliance. “The alliance with BJP led to AIADMK’s loss in Assembly poll. The people harbored no hate against AIADMK, they disapproved of the alliance,” he said.
Shanmugam has voiced what was the prevailing thought among a section of the AIADMK, although the leading combine—Edappadi K Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam—have stayed away from going into the reasons for the complete reversal of fortunes of the AIADMK.