Downfall of DMK. Reasons for the clear defeat..
Results of the assembly elections are out in Tamil Nadu. The party existing in power, DMK, lost very badly. Out of the 234 assembly seats, they have managed to win only 31 seats which is a clear defeat by a large margin. Probably, their bad conduct through these years of their reign had brought them down. Firstly, the party was been continuously accused by the opposition and many other leading politicians in the state for, all the important positions in the party were given only to the family members of the party chief M.Karunanidhi. The party had a bad time within the state with many murder cases and other petitions filed against them. Particularly, M.Karunanidhi’s son, M.K.Alagiri, was noted of indulging in many illicit actitvities, height of which is the burning of a newspaper office in which three persons were burnt alive. Since they were in power, they were able to suppress all the elements against them. Then came a major blow. A DMK leader and the by then Union telecom minister ...