Chennai, June 4 -- Declaring that the DMK's recent electoral defeat is merely a temporary setback, Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday vowed that his party will return to power in the state with renewed vigour.

Addressing a thanksgiving meeting for party functionaries at the YMCA Grounds in Royapettah, Udhayanidhi expressed unwavering confidence in the DMK's future, insisting that the movement's bond with its grassroots cadre remains unbreakable and that the party is already charting a path back to the helm of state governance.

He asserted that no one could separate him from the party cadre and that no one could separate the cadre from him.

Describing the election outcome as unexpected, he...