In the by-election that has just concluded, Chief Minister Vijay’s TVK has emerged victorious in the Madurantakam and Dharapuram constituencies.
AIADMK has finished in third place in both these constituencies and suffered defeat.
In this situation, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswami has issued a statement.
In it, "Heartfelt thanks to all the voters who cast their votes for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidates!
This is the result of horse-trading.!
First of all, I express my heartfelt gratitude to all the voters who cast their votes for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidates in the recently concluded Assembly by-election.
In the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly general election held five months ago, no party secured the required majority of seats to form a government. In this situation, with the support of a few parties, the T.V.K. formed a minority government, and with the intention of turning the T.V.K. government in power into a majority government, the current by-election is the result of horse-trading carried out among the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam legislators, as everyone knows well.

Victory by a shortcut
In 2026, some of the people from the alliance parties that were with us during the general election were not with us in this by-election. But the ruling party formed an alliance with several parties and entered the electoral arena. In this by-election, the ruling T.V.K. deployed all its ministers, along with money power, authority, and muscle power. In addition, those who betrayed the party and those who stabbed us in the back also stood against us.
Realizing that defeat in this by-election was certain, T.V.K. resorted to various tactics to secure victory by indirect means, including making voters many enticing promises and unfulfillable assurances, abusing power by using the authority of governance, filing false cases against the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dharapuram constituency candidate and party workers, illegally detaining the district party secretary himself, and intimidating many All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam functionaries into joining T.V.K.
'The game of deceit will swallow the life of righteousness!'
Chief Minister Vijay of the coalition government, who boasted, “If I speak for just half an hour, it’s a heap of parotta,” was forced in this election to wander from street to street and blow a whistle. By flouting election rules, misusing the government machinery to campaign in both constituencies, and even touring in a rekhla bullock cart with a criminal wanted by the police, the ruling party has won by committing a murder of democracy.
This is a victory for the power of authority and for money power. In general, by-elections tend to favor the ruling party.
Even when I was Chief Minister, we won the by-elections for the Vikravandi and Nanguneri Assembly constituencies. Likewise, in this election, the ruling party has won. For those who mocked us as a spent force and many other things, this by-election has shown the fear of death.
T.V.K. may think it has entered the fortress of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. But this is only a temporary victory. No one should dream that the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam can be destroyed with this temporary victory.
Because the 'All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,' which was nurtured and protected by the revolutionary leader M.G.R. and the revolutionary leader Amma, is an iron fortress. 'The ways of righteousness may be overcome by deceit; in the end, righteousness alone will prevail' is the Lord's verdict. In the age of reels, people have been mesmerized by reels and have voted for the ruling party.
The problems I faced during the time I became Chief Minister were countless
Even though it was known that this election victory would not make it possible for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to form a government, we have received good votes in both constituencies. When Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. founded this movement, the challenges he faced were many. The trials faced by Puratchi Thalaivi Amma were countless. The problems I faced during my time as Chief Minister were numerous.
As always, like a gang that kidnaps children, the temporary victory party called TVK is staying in power by buying off our party’s MLAs. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam will defeat this challenge too. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the allied parties that supported the victory of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidates: the state president and office-bearers of the Bharatiya Janata Party; the general secretary and office-bearers of Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam; the president and office-bearers of the New Justice Party; the president and office-bearers of the Indian Democratic Party; the president and office-bearers of Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi; the president and office-bearers of the Tamil Nadu Muslim League; and the office-bearers and workers of various parties, movements, and associations who hold deep affection for the party.
Heartfelt thanks
In particular, I express my heartfelt gratitude to the headquarters office-bearers, district secretaries, Members of Parliament and Legislative Assembly, former ministers, former Members of Parliament and Legislative Assembly, state-level office-bearers of the party’s affiliated organizations, district-level party and affiliated organization office-bearers, union, town, municipality, area party and affiliated organization secretaries and office-bearers, branch, ward, and circle party secretaries, and all office-bearers and workers serving at various levels in the party, who, with unwavering loyalty to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and with the noble aim of ensuring the victory of the party’s candidates, tirelessly carried out election work day and night.

AIADMK is a crop of a thousand years
“The heart deity, Puratchi Thalaivi Amma, had vowed, ‘The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a banyan tree; a crop of a thousand years; a noble movement that will continue to work for Tamils for many more generations,’ and I firmly state that the ‘All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’ will engage in public service with even greater enthusiasm for the well-being of the people of Tamil Nadu and for the development of Tamil Nadu,” he has noted.
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