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A day after the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the BJP inked their seat-sharing formula, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress on Wednesday announced their pre-poll pact to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Under the agreement, the Congress party has been given nine seats in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry.
Deciding constituencies
The two parties finalised only the number of seats under the alliance; the constituencies will be decided after completing the seat-sharing deals with other alliance partners, said DMK President MK Stalin here.
He said the DMK would begin its seat-sharing discussion in the coming days with other parties which supported it in taking up various issues in the past two years.
Referring to the plans for by-poll for 21 Assembly constituencies, Stalin said the decision would be taken once the Election Commission notifies it.
Answering a question on whether there would be a possibility for film actor Vijayakanth-led Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) to join the DMK-Congress alliance, Stalin indicated there were no talks with the DMDK.
It is learnt that the BJP and the DMDK were continuing their discussion for seat-sharing under the AIADMK-BJP alliance, in which the Pattali Makkal Katchi has already sealed a deal.
‘Other parties may join’
Parties such as the CPI, the CPI(M), the Indian Union Muslim League and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi are expected to be part of the DMK-Congress alliance.
In 2014, both the DMK and the Congress failed to win any Lok Sabha seat in the State.
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