AIADMK-DMDK alliance prevented a split in the anti-DMK votes. AIADMK leaders pitched for an alliance with the DMDK, which has a 10% vote spread across the state. They knew the damage the actor-politician could do to the party’s prospects, if he chose to project DMDK as an alternative to both the DMK and the AIADMK.
What we see as contradictions in various walks of Life
