Chennai, May 5 -- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader K Pandiarajan on Tuesday termed the party's defeat in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections as a "temporary setback", declaring that his party possesses the necessary resilience to make a significant comeback.

Speaking to ANI, the AIADMK leader stressed that the electorate has not rejected the "Dravidian model", as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and AIADMK collectively hold over 120 seats in the state. Pandiarajan, however, observed that the benefit of the evident anti-incumbency against the DMK "has gone to TVK".

"Don't forget that both the Dravidian parties together are still holding 120-plus seats. So, I don't think there's any rejection of the Dravidian par...