The decline is particularly striking as it comes less than two years after NTK crossed the 8% vote share mark in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and secured recognition as a state party.
Campaigning for M Abubacker Siddheeq in Kadayanallur, Seeman, pointing to recent claims made by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleged secret ties between the DMK and the BJP.
The moment did not go unnoticed, particularly as the microphone was the party’s poll symbol in 2024, prompting quiet curiosity over whether such a reaction would have been thinkable then