Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai lost to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate Raj Kumar, though he managed to garner over four lakh votes in the Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency.
Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan congratulated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led alliance in the state made a clean sweep in the Lok Sabha elections.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin confirmed that he will be attending the meeting of the opposition coalition, the INDIA bloc, scheduled to be held on Wednesday.
As the counting of votes is underway in the southern state, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-Congress combine was seen sweeping the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to open its account in the state.
Terming the exit polls "misleading" that predicted victory for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader, RS Bharathi on Monday said that this is a "Modi survey" adding that the INDIA bloc is very "vigilant."
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP TR Baalu, who had come to Delhi to attend the INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi, spoke about Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's absence from the meeting, and said he was a bit "indisposed" and did not come because of the high temperature.
The Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency of Tamil Nadu has set the stage for a triangular battle with candidates of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Bharatiya Janata Party and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the poll fray.
K Kanizmozhi, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's candidate from Thoothukudi Lok Sabha constituency, hit out at the central government and said that still a "repressive regime" is going on.
While holding a roadshow in Tamil Nadu's Tenkasi, BJP national president JP Nadda launched a scathing attack on Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) calling it a "corrupt" party.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday accused the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its INDIA bloc partner Congress of "corruption and dynastic politics," adding that both parties have taken a "patent in corruption".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday advocated for making India a developed country by 2047 and targeted Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Congress, saying that the support of Tamil Nadu people for the BJP has given sleepless nights to the DMK, INDIA bloc.