The DMK has been part of almost all the regimes at the Centre starting from Deve Gowda's Ministry of 1996 barring a brief hiatus during 1998-99 when the AIADMK was part of the BJP-led NDA.
The party suffered worst defeats in 1989 and 1991 Lok Sabha elections and could not manage to win even a single seat. From 1962 to 1984, the DMK has always had representatives in the Lok Sabha though the number varied.
Ironically, dismissing both "Modi and Lady (referring to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa) wave," DMK leader Statlin had said it was his "daddy's wave," during electioneering in TN.
Similarly, the Congress, which managed to win three seats even during a wave against it in 1967, could not win a single seat in 2014 polls like the 1996 and 1998 Parliamentary elections.
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