MK Stalin’s DMK begins seat-sharing talks with allies

Chennai:

Taking the lead in seat sharing, the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu allotted one seat each to its allies Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Kongu Desa Makkal Katchi (KDMK). IUML will contest from Ramanathapuram constituency and KDMK from Namakkal, the same seats that both the parties had contested and won in the 2019 elections.

Part of the India Alliance, the DMK, which leads the alliance in Tamil Nadu, is in talks with key ally Congress, which had won nine of the ten seats contested in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry last time.

Largely keeping his formidable 2019 alliance intact, with which it had won 39 out of 40 seats in the state and the neighboring Union Territory, Chief Minister and DMK chief MK Stalin is expected to win the elections once again.
DMK Deputy Secretary (Media Relations) Dr SAS Hafeezullah told NDTV, “This is an ideological long-standing alliance, we can easily resolve the seat sharing because our priority is democracy, reviving Gandhi’s vision.” To establish and maintain pluralism and federalism.” The ethos of this beautiful nation”.

Other allies, VCK, CPI and CPM, were given two seats each in 2019. MDMK and IJK were given one seat each.

While IJK has joined the BJP alliance, there is speculation that actor-politician Kamal Haasan’s MNM will join the DMK-led Bharat alliance.

The DMK hopes that its populist schemes including monthly assistance of Rs 1000 to women, free bus travel for women and similar monthly assistance to government school students pursuing higher education will help them repeat the magic of 2019.

On seat talks with other allies, DMK spokesperson A Saravanan said, “This is a good start. We are hopeful that the entire process will be completed in a week.”

AIADMK, which has broken ties with BJP, is in talks with PMK, DMDK and some smaller parties. The party, along with the BJP, is desperate to reverse this trend after losing two consecutive elections. This is the first time he is facing elections under the sole leadership of EPS.

The BJP, which has a negligible presence in the state, is also wooing smaller parties PMK and DMDK. The party is counting on the impact of state party chief Annamalai’s padayatra to expand its footprint.