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75% jobs to locals in Tamil Nadu: Will poll promise translate into policy?

Stalin-led DMK wrests power but anti-incumbency doesn't entirely overcome AIADMK

M K Stalin, DMK
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DMK Party workers celebrate at the party headquarters, in Chennai on May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI

Radhika Ramaseshan New Delhi
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies cruised to a comfortable victory in Tamil Nadu, dislodging the 10-year-old All India Anna DMK (AIADMK) government, led by EK Palaniswami.
 
DMK President M K Stalin, who inherited the political legacy of his father and long-time chief minister M Karunanidhi, is set to occupy the office at Chennai’s Fort St Geroge.
 
The Congress, the Left parties, and the Viduthalai Chiruthagal Katchi (VCK) are part of the DMK-helmed alliance.
 
According to the latest figures on the Election Commission of India’s website, of the 234 seats, the DMK won one and