Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Aadhav Arjuna Questions DMK's Need for Alliance Votes
Aadhav Arjuna spoke at a campaign meeting in Madurantakam.
He said the DMK may need votes from its alliance partners to win elections.
He also said political power should be shared more widely, rather than staying within a family.
Arjuna said his alliance supports secularism and social justice.
He claimed TVK won 108 seats in the 2026 Assembly election without paying voters.
He said women and young voters helped the party.
He also promised that the alliance would not give money to voters in the Madurantakam bypoll.
Instead, he said it would ask people to support its trust and policies.
TVK campaign management general secretary Aadhav Arjuna questioned whether the DMK could win elections without support from its alliance partners.
Speaking at a campaign meeting in Madurantakam, Arjuna said the alliance supported secularism, social justice, and a greater share in governance.
He accused the DMK of concentrating political power within a family and limiting alliance partners' share in power.
Arjuna claimed TVK won 108 seats in the 2026 Assembly election without paying voters, crediting women and young voters.
He said the TVK-led alliance would contest the Madurantakam bypoll without distributing money and would seek votes on trust and policy.
- Who
- Aadhav Arjuna, TVK election campaign management general secretary and public works minister, speaking in support of TVK candidate Maragatham Kumaravel.
- What
- Arjuna questioned the DMK's ability to win without alliance votes and criticized what he described as family concentration of political power.
- When
- Friday; the article does not give a specific date.
- Where
- A campaign meeting in Madurantakam, Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- Arjuna was campaigning for Maragatham Kumaravel and advocating a greater share of governance and political power for alliance partners.
- Speaker
- Aadhav Arjuna, described as public works minister and TVK election campaign management general secretary
- Candidate supported
- Maragatham Kumaravel
- Meeting location
- Madurantakam
- Alliance name
- Secular Social Justice Victory Alliance
- Election claim
- Arjuna claimed TVK won 108 seats in the 2026 Assembly election without distributing money for votes
- Bypoll pledge
- Arjuna said the TVK-led alliance would not distribute money to voters in the Madurantakam bypoll