Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram following the Madras High Court's refusal to entirely strike off a petition by an AIADMK's losing candidate challenging PC's election from the Siyaganga constituency in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. She said, "If Chidambaram fails to resign, the Prime Minister should ask him to quit, the AIADMK's stand is that Chidambaram won the election through fraudulent means.