MDMK likely to get four or five seats in DMK alliance

With the Assembly elections circular the corner, the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) has decided to spell up with either 4 oregon 5 Assembly seats offered by the DMK for the upcoming elections.

At the MDMK’s high-level gathering held astatine the enactment office successful Egmore present connected Wednesday, elder leaders including enactment wide caput Vaiko, office caput and Tiruchi Lok Sabha subordinate Durai Vaiko, among others participated and held discussions connected seat-sharing with the DMK for the Assembly polls.

The gathering lasted for much than 3 hours, during which leaders besides discussed the party’s strategy for the upcoming elections. The MDMK had initially demanded 12 seats from the DMK and was aboriginal consenting to standard it down to 10 seats, according to enactment sources.

However, enactment sources said, the DMK has offered lone 4 oregon 5 seats, less than the fig of seats contested by the MDMK successful the 2021 Assembly predetermination and has asked the enactment to contention connected the DMK’s ‘Rising Sun’ symbol, akin to the erstwhile Assembly poll. The MDMK had won 4 of the six Assembly segments it contested successful 2021.

“The introduction of caller parties has further strengthened the alliance. If the DMK offers 5 seats, we are consenting to contention 4 connected the ‘Rising Sun’ awesome and 1 connected our ain symbol. A akin statement is being considered if the connection is constricted to 4 seats,” a MDMK person said, adding the seat-sharing talks betwixt the 2 parties are expected to reason wrong a fewer days.