Updated: April 01, 2021 23:37 IST There’s more than one claimant to the ruling party’s traditional bastion of 57 Assembly seats in eight revenue districts. Share Article AAA DMK leader M.K. Stalin made it clear at the beginning of the election campaign that his party would give a robust performance to prove that the western region was no longer an AIADMK stronghold. | Photo Credit: Lakshmi Narayanan E There’s more than one claimant to the ruling party’s traditional bastion of 57 Assembly seats in eight revenue districts. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is making all-out efforts to demolish the hold of its principal adversary, the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), over the western region of Tamil Nadu, a traditional bastion of the latter.