“As part of the NDA, Tamil Maanila Congress will face the upcoming elections under the leadership of BJP,” he said.
Chennai:
The Tamil Nadu Congress (TMC) will face the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as part of the BJP-led NDA, party chief GK Vasan said here on Monday. “I will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting at Palladam in Tirupur district on February 27,” he told reporters here.
“As part of the NDA, Tamil Maanila Congress will face the upcoming elections under the leadership of BJP,” he said.
Vasan’s announcement shows that the BJP has managed to form the first official alliance in Tamil Nadu in its efforts to form a faction other than the ruling DMK and the AIADMK-led factions ahead of the elections.
Part of the AIADMK-led NDA alliance in Tamil Nadu facing the 2021 assembly elections, Vasan’s announcement signals the end of his party’s ties with the AIADMK.
Edappadi K Palaniswami-led AIADMK had announced breaking ties with the BJP in September 2023.
Vasan said his party, since the days it was founded by his late father and veteran leader GK Moopanar, has a “national outlook” and said the decision to join hands with the BJP took into account issues like the welfare of Tamil Nadu and Tamils. Were. Strong and prosperous India.
Tamil Nadu voters had seen the BJP winning the earlier two elections with good support from other states and they want the saffron party to earn a third term to ensure economic development, betterment of the poor.
The former Union minister said he has ‘realised’ that another term under Prime Minister Narendra Modi will bring economic prosperity and poverty reduction.
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