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Dhinakaran rejects AIADMK's charge of 'tacit understanding' with DMK

Dhinakaran rejects AIADMK's charge of 'tacit understanding' with DMK

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While addressing media persons in Chennai, TTV Dhinakarn rejected claims of the Palaniswami-Panneerselvam camp that his victory was the result of a 'tacit understanding' between him and DMK

TTV Dhinakarn has rejected the claims of the ruling AIADMK's calling his victory the resultof a "tacit understanding" between him and the DMK.

While addressing media persons in Chennai, Dhinakaran said that DMK appeared to have made "an arithmetic mistake" and was "overconfident".

The E Palaniswami-O.Panneerselvam AIADMK faction had claimed that TTV Dhinakarn had won the RK Nagar bypolldue to a "conspiracy" of Stalin and Dhinakaran.They added that it will not have any effect on their party.

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Dhinakaransaid he might have received DMK votes as those voters may have also preferred him, "but a DMK worker will not vote for someone else even if their party leader asks them to do so,".

Dhinakaran won the RK Nagar bypoll by a thumping margin of over 40,000 votes.

DMK candidate N Maruthu Ganesh finished third, acquiring 24,651 votes while AIADMKs' E Madhusudanan came second.