Upon his release from a five-month detention at the Vellore prison, Seeman in 2011 actively campaigned for the defeat of the Congress party in the State Assembly elections.[40][41][3] He was neutral on MDMK and DMK while extended support to AIADMK.[42][43] Seeman campaigned in 59 of the 63 places the Congress party were contesting, and the party was defeated in all of those constituencies except for one.[43][44][45]