Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Jun 4 (PTI) Former DMK state minister R Moorthy blamed the party workers for the defeat in the April 23 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
The former Commercial Taxes minister, who was at his sarcastic best, remarked that the public taught “us a very good lesson in this Assembly election.” “I express my gratitude to everyone who delivered this lesson,” he said in a video that went viral on Thursday.
He lamented the poll debacle and wondered why the DMK lost despite having done “so much good work”. When the party workers applauded at this, Moorthy said at the meeting on June 3, in frustration, “Yes, go ahead and clap for the defeat too.” He blamed the DMK workers for the defeat and regretted that the party could not return to power.
Moorthy lost from Madurai East Assembly constituency, which was won by TVK’s S Karthikeyan by a margin of 16,547 votes. Karthikeyan polled 1,18,777 votes, leading to the defeat of the three-time MLA. PTI JSP JSP KH
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