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Differences wrong the INDIA bloc successful Puducherry person travel retired successful the unfastened with the main Opposition, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, excluding the Congress successful the seat-sharing talks initiated with constituent parties for the ensuing Assembly polls successful the Union Territory.
At the invitation of DMK leadership, leaders belonging to the Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi visited the Dravidian party’s bureau astatine Laporte Street connected Tuesday morning. After their arrival, DMK leaders led by enactment MP. S. Jagathrakshakan and Opposition person R. Siva, held abstracted closed-door meetings with cardinal functionaries of the 3 confederation parties.
Though DMK enactment tried to downplay the value of the gathering by stating it was the determination of the confederation enactment leaders to wage a courtesy telephone connected Mr. Jagathrakshakan arsenic helium was made in-charge of elections successful the Union Territory, VCK and Left enactment functionaries said they were invited for preliminary treatment connected spot sharing.
“I wanted to conscionable the confederation enactment leaders arsenic I americium DMK in-charge for polls. I thought of gathering them astatine their residence, but they came to our bureau to greet me,” Mr. Jagathrakshakan informed the media persons waiting extracurricular the DMK office.
Shortly aft the meeting, VCK main caput Arima Tamizhan told reporters that the DMK wanted to cognize astir the seats VCK was funny to contention successful the Union Territory. “The DMK was informed astir our plans to tract candidates successful Ozhukarai, Nettapakkam and Ossudu constituencies,” helium said.
When the CPI’s absorption was sought, enactment caput A. M. Saleem said the DMK had invited the Left parties and the VCK for discussing the Assembly polls successful Puducherry. “We are keen to contention the polls nether DMK enactment similar successful Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu exemplary of confederation volition beryllium bully for the INDIA bloc successful Puducherry also. At Tuesday’s meeting, we person evinced involvement to tract candidates successful Thattanchavady, Kamaraj Nagar, Nellithope and Ozhukarai constituencies. The gathering went connected good with DMK leaders,” Mr. Saleem told The Hindu.
Echoing the comments, CPI (M) person V. Perumal said the DMK was informed astir his party’s involvement to contention from Lawspet and Thirubhuvanai constituencies. “It was a preliminary gathering to sermon spot sharing arrangements successful Puducherry,” helium said.
‘Govt. nether Congress leadership’
Just arsenic the gathering was connected astatine DMK office, a fewer yards away, erstwhile Chief Minister and Congress person V. Narayanasamy was briefing media persons astatine his residence connected his party’s determination to overthrow the AINRC-BJP authorities successful 2026 polls.
While stating that helium was unaware of immoderate gathering convened by the DMK, the erstwhile Chief Minister said, “We are definite of the INDIA bloc emerging victorious successful the 2026 polls and forming a authorities nether the Congress leadership. The question of confederation and spot sharing volition beryllium decided by the Congress party’s precocious command,” helium noted.
Dravidian Model authorities
After the 2021 Assembly polls successful which DMK secured much seats than Congress and became the Principal Opposition, the party’s Puducherry enactment has been harbouring ambition of starring the INDIA bloc successful the Union Territory. In December past year, Mr. Jagathrakshakan portion attending a enactment gathering had fixed a telephone to the cadre to enactment towards installing a Dravidian exemplary of governance successful Puducherry. “We should strive to triumph 30 seats to signifier a Dravidian exemplary of authorities similar successful Tamil Nadu,” helium had said successful the meeting.
The DMK past formed a authorities successful Puducherry astir 25 years ago. After that, the Dravidian enactment had lone played a 2nd fiddle to the Congress successful each the polls. The party’s fortunes changed successful the past elections, aft it won 6 of the 13 seats it contested successful confederation with the Congress, CPI and VCK. The Congress could negociate to unafraid lone 2 of the 14 seats it contested.
