The results of the rural local body elections in the state of Tamil Nadu had presented the surprise victories and shocking defeats and despite being the ruling party in the state, the ADMK government has been encountering the drastic decline in its strongholds in the local bodies across the state apart from some of the western districts and the defeat had certainly kept the party far from the people and adding to that, it had shaken the alliance and spurred the revolt between the party leaders.
The behind screen revolt has come to the spotlight on Friday where the ADMK allied party PMK's Thiruvallur district unit had staged a protest against the victory attained by the ADMK party in Ellapuram panchayat union in the district and the PMK leaders alleged that the victory of the ruling party as a foul play. The protestors blocked the Chennai-Periyapalayam road for about an hour and chanted against the ADMK party.
The reports say that the ADMK party had, by demeaning the allied parties, contested in the seats that were earlier allotted for the candidates of the allied parties and in Thiruvallur, the ADMK party had stood in about 230 panchayat union wards and 24 district panchayat wards. A local PMK leader has cited that the ADMK party had offered 34 union panchayat wards and 5 district panchayat wards to PMK and during the election time, the ADMK contested in all the seats that were given to PMK.
The leader stated that the PMK candidate won in ward 18 but the ADMK candidate was declared as a winner and PMK's candidate Marimaran has directly accused the party men of the ADMK party and claimed that he would approach the Madras High court to seek its directive for recounting of votes. The PMK party has alleged that the ADMK party had failed to support its candidates in Cuddalore and Thiruvannamalai.
Along with the PMK party, Vijayakanth led DMDK party has also thrown fresh allegations against the ruling party as the DMDK party avowed that the ADMK in all the seats that were offered to DMDK in Virudhunagar and Kanyakumari. It has been reported that the DMDK was provided with 15 panchayat union ward member posts and one district panchayat ward post but during the polls, the ADMK party has directed its party men to contest in the polls. Similarly, the DMK had painted with these controversial allegations as the candidates of the Congress party had contested against the DMK candidates in Coimbatore South, Namakkal East, Tiruvarur, and in Kanyakumari West.
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