"Will be concentrating on people's welfare": DMK's Anniyur Siva after winning by-poll
Jul 13, 2024
Vikravandi (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 13 : After winning the Vikravandi by-poll seat, DMK candidate Anniyur Siva said on Saturday that he would be concentrating on people's welfare.
Siva told ANI, "I thank the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK Chief MK Stalin for allowing me to contest the Vikravandi bypoll. I will be responsible for the Vikravandi people and will be concentrating on people's welfare."
Anniyur Siva garnered a total of 1,24,053 votes. He defeated Pattali Makkal Katchi's candidate, Anbumani C with a margin of 67,757 votes.
Earlier, Chief Minister MK Stalin said that the people of the state saw DMK as a party that brings development to the state.
"In the by-elections out of the 13 assembly constituencies across the country, the INDIA Alliance has been leading in 11 of them. BJP has lost. BJP is a party that was not able to obtain a majority to form a government in parliament. The BJP has formed the government only because of certain parties that stooped down to help them," Stalin said in a statement.
"The same losing streak has continued in these by-elections for the BJP. BJP should learn its lesson from these losses. The BJP should atleast learn from now on that if they do not respect the sentiments of each state, they will never be able to run the party or the government," he added.
Stalin pointed out that in the recent Lok Sabha polls, the DMK-led INDIA alliance in Tamil Nadu swept all 40 constituencies, which gave a massive defeat to AIADMK and the BJP.
The Chief Minister said that despite knowing that they would lose, the BJP-led alliance contested.
"They were spewing hatred and fake news about DMK and particularly me. Just to hide the complete defeat, they indulged in cheap propaganda. Voters never put their belief in the people who have been constantly lying. They have been chased away by the voters. People have decided that DMK is the only party that they need for the development of themselves as well as the state," Stalin said in the statement.
