Murmurs get louder in BJP, AIADMK

Friends-turned-foes: After poor electoral show, arguments in AIADMK, BJP over wrong script

- T MURUGANANDHAM

WITH both AIADMK and BJP drawing a blank in the Lok Sabha election, some leaders of both parties have started arguing how an alliance between the friends-turned-foes could have changed the electoral outcome in Tamil Nadu.

Addressing reporters in Coimbatore, AIADMK leader and former minister S P Velumani accused BJP state president K Annamalai of playing spoilsport by snapping BJP's ties with the AIADMK and claimed that had the poll alliance remained intact, the combine would have won 30-35 seats.

"The alliance with BJP went on smoothly till BJP had Tamilisai Soundararajan and L Murugan as their state presidents. After Annamalai took charge, he started criticising AIADMK and its leaders including former CMS CN Annadurai, J Jayalalithaa and Edappadi K Palaniswami. This forced us to break ties with the BJP," he said.