VCK’s Previous Alliance
However, in the 2016 Assembly elections, the VCK established an alliance with the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), Left parties and the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) under the banner Makkal Nala Kotani (People’s Welfare Alliance) with anti-corruption as the main issue. The alliance projected DMDK chief Vijayakant as the Chief Ministerial candidate of the alliance. However, the alliance lost all the seats it had contested in and did not get back deposits in many constituencies.
Following this, the Makkal Nala Kotani was dissolved and the DMDK joined the AIADMK alliance while the VCK, MDMK, and the Left parties joined the DMK alliance. In 2016, the VCK contested in 25 seats and lost its deposit in 22 seats. The party received 0.77 percent of the total vote share in the state, as per data with Election Commission of India (ECI).
The DMK is reportedly holding talks with the Left parties on Tuesday morning and with the VCK in the evening….