TTV shocked at AMMK getting nil vote in 300 booths
Chennai:27.05.2019
After a dismal performance in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections and assembly bypolls in Tamil Nadu, recording a vote share of around 5.3%, AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran alleged on Sunday that several votes have “disappeared”. He said the party got nil vote in about 300 booths, which meant even the AMMK booth agents didn’t vote for the party.
“We accept the verdict of the people and will now work harder to strengthen our base across the state. At the same time, through our internal reviews, we have found that in about 300 booths the AMMK had polled zero votes. This is shocking,” Dhinakaran told reporters.
“Let me even accept that the public did not vote for us and even our own party people did not vote for us. But, we had deployed at least four agents for every booth. Does that mean that even our agents did not cast their votes in our favour. We do not want to blame anyone, but the Election Commission should explain,” Dhinakaran said.
“If they were AIADMK people but pretended to be with us, they would have voted and scooted, abandoning the booths. Such agents would not have stayed on till the end, until the voting ended,” he said, while responding to a question on whether the agents were the AIADMK’s sleeper cell in the AMMK.
Dhinakaran also said there were several instances where their vote base in certain booths did not match the votes recorded in the EVMs. “In the booth, where me and my family cast our votes, there are at least 150 people who are part of our core support group, including relatives and friends, besides employees. But, during counting it showed just 14 votes for us. That is our concern,” he said.
While winning and losing are part of electoral politics, he said, AMMK will continue to raise its voice on issues pertaining to the state, even while gearing up for the local body polls. “No one person or a group of people can be forced to stick with one party. And just because some people leave, the party will not cease to exist,” Dhinakaran said, about possible desertions from the AMMK.
Chennai:27.05.2019
After a dismal performance in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections and assembly bypolls in Tamil Nadu, recording a vote share of around 5.3%, AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran alleged on Sunday that several votes have “disappeared”. He said the party got nil vote in about 300 booths, which meant even the AMMK booth agents didn’t vote for the party.
“We accept the verdict of the people and will now work harder to strengthen our base across the state. At the same time, through our internal reviews, we have found that in about 300 booths the AMMK had polled zero votes. This is shocking,” Dhinakaran told reporters.
“Let me even accept that the public did not vote for us and even our own party people did not vote for us. But, we had deployed at least four agents for every booth. Does that mean that even our agents did not cast their votes in our favour. We do not want to blame anyone, but the Election Commission should explain,” Dhinakaran said.
“If they were AIADMK people but pretended to be with us, they would have voted and scooted, abandoning the booths. Such agents would not have stayed on till the end, until the voting ended,” he said, while responding to a question on whether the agents were the AIADMK’s sleeper cell in the AMMK.
Dhinakaran also said there were several instances where their vote base in certain booths did not match the votes recorded in the EVMs. “In the booth, where me and my family cast our votes, there are at least 150 people who are part of our core support group, including relatives and friends, besides employees. But, during counting it showed just 14 votes for us. That is our concern,” he said.
While winning and losing are part of electoral politics, he said, AMMK will continue to raise its voice on issues pertaining to the state, even while gearing up for the local body polls. “No one person or a group of people can be forced to stick with one party. And just because some people leave, the party will not cease to exist,” Dhinakaran said, about possible desertions from the AMMK.
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