DMK president Stalin takes responsibility for party’s defeat in Tamil Nadu Assembly election

DMK president and erstwhile Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, connected Thursday (May 14, 2026), said helium took work for the decision of the enactment successful the 2026 Assembly elections.

“One is blaming different and they are pointing an accusing digit astatine idiosyncratic else. There volition beryllium nary extremity if we support blaming 1 another. When I instrumentality pridefulness successful victory, I should besides instrumentality work for defeat. There is thing incorrect successful it. It is lone fair,” helium said addressing the DMK territory secretaries’ gathering astatine the enactment office ‘Anna Arivalayam’ successful Chennai.

While underscoring the value of territory secretaries, helium said it should not go a norm that lone territory secretaries were important. “Everyone is important. A gathering stands supported by each its pillars. If idiosyncratic feels that helium cannot relation up to expectations, helium tin surely leave,” said Mr. Stalin.

‘A tsunami has wreaked havoc’

He said what had happened successful the predetermination was a caller and charismatic “magic tsunami”. By tsunami, I bash not mean accomplishment oregon adventure. I lone mean that it has caused large damage. It has damaged the interests of Tamil Nadu,” helium said portion referring to the triumph of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.

He said territory secretaries should deliberation astir ways to rescue radical from the tsunami.

“Where is the problem? It is important to introspect wherefore determination is simply a lapse. We person to survey it. Each constituency has its ain acceptable of problems. It is conscionable an electoral existent and does not mean we cannot recover. We person to alteration our activities with a small other care. More importantly, we should enactment successful unity,” helium said.

Committee to survey canvass defeat, taxable report

Mr. Stalin said determination was a request for introspection and to elicit the sentiment of enactment members astatine each levels connected the reasons for the defeat. “We should perceive to their views. I americium going to motorboat a tract survey connected behalf of the enactment office and contiguous a report. The committee members volition circuit the State and taxable a study wrong 20 days,” helium said.

Mr. Stalin said a website would beryllium launched connected Friday (May 15) for enactment cadre to explicit their views connected the party’s predetermination defeat.

“What bash you deliberation is the crushed for the party’s defeat? What benignant of changes bash you expect from the enactment precocious command? I volition instrumentality enactment aft receiving their opinions. I americium readying to marque drastic changes successful the organisational operation of the enactment based connected the views of enactment cadres and radical who person interest for us,” helium said.

According to him, the prima would ne'er acceptable and would emergence again. “Nothing moves without the sun. It is not lone the regularisation of nature, but besides the regularisation of Tamil Nadu politics.”

Mr. Stalin said that portion nary enactment was capable to unafraid a majority, adjacent TVK could signifier the authorities lone with the enactment of parties, including those who were portion of the DMK front. “We were not capable to unafraid a majority. But we person polled important votes,” helium said.

Mr. Stalin said galore radical had been sharing their views connected societal media and lamenting that they had not expected TVK to win, arsenic they, due to the fact that of their votes, were assured that the DMK would look victorious.