Tiruchirappalli, Oct. 17 -- MDMK leader Durai Vaiko on Saturday launched an attack amid the DMK's demand to scrap the SIR system, asserting that the party should accept the public mandate rather than blaming SIR for its electoral setbacks.

Speaking to reporters following the inauguration of a bus shelter at Mannarpuram in Tiruchirappalli, Vaiko commented on the by-elections results in Dharapuram and Maduranthakam, claiming that the DMK's electoral performance would have been considerably weaker without the votes secured through its alliance partners, including the DMDK, Kongunadu-based parties and Muslim organisations.

Vaiko's remarks came after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Parliamentary Party adopted a resolution demanding the i...