AIADMK begins introspection of poll rout

The ruling AIADMK has begun quietly introspecting over its dismal performance in the Lok Sabha polls.
Though the party has not called a meeting of its office-bearers or district secretaries to discuss the factors that led to the electoral debacle, its leaders are engaged in private discussions on the matter with their friends, supporters and others.
They are quite disturbed over the steep erosion in the party’s vote share, which stood at 18.48% this time. “Our calculation was like this: We would have liked to get from each constituency 1.5% of the overall votes polled in the State. If we get only 1%, we may not win. But in this instance, we did not get even 20% from 22 seats,” a Minister explained.
While some leaders acknowledged that the anti-Modi narrative had an important role to play in shaping the intention of the people to vote against the AIADMK-led combine that included the BJP, the PMK and the DMDK, senior figures in the ruling party said there were other factors too.

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