India
pti-Deepika S
Chennai, Mar 06: The DMK on Saturday moved forward in its ongoing seat-sharing exercise with allies by giving six seats to MDMK though a deal with the Congress and CPI(M) was elusive, while the ruling AIADMK’s negotiations with DMDK remained inconclusive.
The MDMK would, however, contest on the rising sun symbol of its partner DMK according to the pact inked today by the leadership of both parties.
This is the first time the MDMK would face the Tamil Nadu Assembly election together with the DMK since it was founded in 1994 after Vaiko was ousted from the then M Karunanidhi-led DMK.
Vaiko, when asked if his party has given a list of preferred constituencies to DMK, said ‘no.’
On agreeing to contest on the ‘rising sun’ symbol, which is a ‘change of heart,’ he said it was due to practical reasons.
The MDMK chief had previously said his party would contest on a separate symbol.
