NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president M Karunanidhi on Sunday confirmed that the PMK would be back in the DMK fold for the assembly elections slated for May. Karunanidhi, who left for Delhi on Sunday on a three-day visit, said: "The PMK, VCK (Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi) and the Muslim League will be part of the alliance." With Karunanidhi's affirmation, it is now official that the PMK will be a part of the DMK-Congress alliance.
The PMK is yet to confirm its tie-up with the DMK though there have been indications that the two parties were getting back together after a two-year estrangement. They had jointly contested the previous assembly elections before splitting up in 2008 over anti-DMK remarks by a senior PMK leader, Kaduvetti J Guru.
With the CM revealing the broad contours of the DMK-led alliance, it is now evident that the rest of the parties including the Left and MDMK would rally around the AIADMK. The Jayalalitha-led formation is also expected to include Vijayakanth's DMDK while the VCK would be on the DMK's side.
Karunanidhi, who is confined to a wheel-chair, took a flight from Chennai on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by his daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, grand nephew and Union textile minister Dayanidhi Maran and some senior colleagues. He said he would be discussing electoral issues and constituencies to be apportioned to Congress with AICC president Sonia Gandhi. His meetings with both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi are scheduled for Monday.
Seat-sharing talks is the main agenda of discussions with the Congress president.
TOI
The PMK is yet to confirm its tie-up with the DMK though there have been indications that the two parties were getting back together after a two-year estrangement. They had jointly contested the previous assembly elections before splitting up in 2008 over anti-DMK remarks by a senior PMK leader, Kaduvetti J Guru.
With the CM revealing the broad contours of the DMK-led alliance, it is now evident that the rest of the parties including the Left and MDMK would rally around the AIADMK. The Jayalalitha-led formation is also expected to include Vijayakanth's DMDK while the VCK would be on the DMK's side.
Karunanidhi, who is confined to a wheel-chair, took a flight from Chennai on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by his daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi, grand nephew and Union textile minister Dayanidhi Maran and some senior colleagues. He said he would be discussing electoral issues and constituencies to be apportioned to Congress with AICC president Sonia Gandhi. His meetings with both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi are scheduled for Monday.
Seat-sharing talks is the main agenda of discussions with the Congress president.
TOI
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