The war of words between AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi Palaniswami and TN BJP chief Annamalai seems to keep continuing. This time, they sparred over the vote percentage the parties earned in the recently concluded Parliamentary elections.
Edappadi Palaniswami, speaking to reporters at Coimbatore airport said, “In 2014, the BJP contested the elections by allying with several parties. At that time, in the Coimbatore constituency, Honble Meghalaya Guv CP Radhakrishnan contested. He garnered about 42000 votes lesser than the ADMK candidate. In the 2024 Parliamentary election, Annamalai contested on behalf of the BJP. He lost by about 1,18,000 votes to DMK’s candidate. So, how can you say that BJP has grown in the state? In 2014, the NDA alliance secured 18.8% votes. Today, they have earned 18.28% votes. In toto, they have secured 0.52% fewer votes than before.”
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Responding to these allegations, TN BJP chief Annamalai said, “The word traitor suits Edappadi Palaniswwami. The PM made him sit next to him in Delhi. But here, for the sake of self-interest, because he felt the grass was greener on the other side, Edappadi Palaniswami jumped from this side to that. The people taught him a lesson – they lost the deposit in many seats. A party that was at number 1 or number 2 position, once a ruling party lost deposit, it is a Guinness record. Even though the party is good, the people have punished the leader who is not good during the 2024 Parliamentary elections.”
Edappadi Palaniswami gave 134 poll promises for the Parliamentary polls. When will he fulfill them? He is now the LoP in the Assembly. We will fulfill the poll promises we made to the people of Coimbatore. How will he do that with no MP in Parliament? He should think before talking.
Speaking about the Coimbatore seat where he lost to DMK’s Ganapathy Rajkumar and finished second ahead of ADMK’s Singai Ramachandran, he said, “ADMK gained 13000 votes and secured the deposit. Had they got 16.6% votes, they would have lost the deposit. Today he is talking heroically at Coimbatore airport to the reporters. How can a party that just managed to secure a deposit speak against the BJP? We have secured 24% votes more than you. Despite having 6 MLAs and 3 Assembly constituencies, they lost the deposit – Singanallur. They lost deposit in 3 out of 6 seats. Today Edappadi Palaniswami is lecturing me about how to run and grow the BJP. His own party is going down. He should look at the mirror first. Please do not give me advice.”
He further said, “I have to respond to the remarks made by Edappadi against our party. Our party has formed the government at the centre for the third time in a row. What have they done? They lost in 2019, 2021. He lost Erode despite claiming it to be a bastion. Why did he not let OPS contest? Do you know what he told me over the telephone? He spoke today about the Erode by-election. What is the secret? He told me that it was his native, it was his bastion, and I would win by 1.5 lakh votes, so tell OPS not to contest, I have to contest, did he not tell me to make this possible? This is EPS’s Erode by-election secret. In response, OPS without saying a word, respected him. EPS lost by several 1000 votes and today he is condemning me. But having told you the history, I condemn his remarks.”
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