Forget the fairy tale that jayalalithaa stormed back in 2001 and 2011 simply because people were sick of DMK. That’s lazy history. Amma was a fighter, but she won those elections because she was smart enough to build killer alliances. 2001? Moopanar’s support gave her the extra muscle. 2011? Vijayakanth’s DMDK votes turned the tide into a tsunami. No alliance, no victory. Period.


1. history just repeated itself — and EPS missed it completely.
Look at the 2021 assembly and 2024 lok sabha numbers. Seeman and NTK are pulling the exact same vote share that Moopanar and Vijayakanth once did. They’re the swing force sitting in the same decisive spot. An ADMK-NDA-NTK alliance wasn’t a “maybe.” It was a guaranteed winner for 2026.


2. EPS had the golden ticket in his hands and still fumbled it.
Instead of picking up the phone and cutting a deal with Seeman, he let ego and short-sighted pride get in the way. The man who once talked big about “BIG PARTY” alignments couldn’t even lock down the one partner who could actually deliver seats. Brutal.


3. This isn’t just one missed bus — it’s the bus that was going to save the entire party.
Without NTK’s votes, ADMK stays fractured and irrelevant. With them? They would’ve swept the anti-DMK sentiment and walked straight back into power. Seeman was ready to play the Vijayakanth role. EPS simply refused to play Amma’s game.


4. Legacy isn’t inherited — it’s earned through cold, hard political sense.  
Jayalalithaa understood that. EPS didn’t. And because of that single, arrogant failure to bring Seeman on board, the party she built is now staring at another long stretch in the opposition wilderness—the biggest miss of his career. Full stop.
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SIBY JEYYA

02/05/2026 01:30 AM