DMK leader and Law Minister S Regupathy on Monday said the prinicipal opposition party, the AIADMK’s votes have got transferred to his party in the bypoll held to the Erode East Assembly constituency, in which his party emerged the winner.Speaking to reporters, Regupathy, answering a question on continuous electoral losses for the AIADMK, said it was a loss for that party and the leadership of Edappadi K Palaniswami.
“Edappadi Palaniswami’s leadership has failed and he has lost in 11 elections,” the minister said apparently referring to elections held in Tamil Nadu since 2017, which includes bypolls to various constituencies, civic polls, the Lok Sabha (2019, 2024) and the 2021 State Assembly election. Palaniswami was the chief minister from 2017 to 2021.