Chennai, May 4 -- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kalanidhi Veeraswamy on Monday expressed confidence in the party's prospects, asserting that the DMK is on a "very firm footing" and poised to form the government with a strong mandate.

Speaking to ANI on the early trends in the state Assembly elections, Veeraswamy cautioned against concluding solely from early postal ballot counts but noted that even those indicators were favourable to the party.

"Going by the postal votes alone, we cannot say anything. But even there, we are leading. We are on very firm footing. We are confident that we will be forming the government with our single largest majority... The 2.0 of the DMK party will happen, where the progress for Tamil Nadu will cont...