The BJP on Tuesday entered into an alliance with the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu, the BJP has allotted 10 Lok Sabha seats to the PMK under the terms of the alliance. The decision comes a day after the PMK joined the NDA and announced its intention to contest the parliamentary elections in the state.
On Tuesday, the PMK announced that it had reached a seat-sharing agreement with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). PMK will contest ten Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. PMK founder Dr. S. The decision was taken during a meeting on Tuesday morning at Ramdas’s farmhouse in Tindivanam, Chennai.
State president of PMK Dr. Anbumani Ramdas and state president of BJP. Dr. Annamalai PMK founder leader. S. The agreement was signed in the presence of Ramdas. Union Minister of State for Fisheries L. Murugan was also present in this meeting.
In a press briefing, PMK president Anbumani Ramdas said about the decision to join the NDA that we have decided to join the NDA for the benefit of the country and to ensure the continuity of PM Modi’s rule. We believe that this decision of ours will bring change in the people, the state is not satisfied with the current political scenario in Tamil Nadu and people here are eagerly waiting for the change. Our alliance aims to win not only in Tamil Nadu but across India with a huge majority. So that Prime Minister Narendra Modi can come back to power.
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Earlier the BJP wanted to have an alliance with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), but in the end it settled on an alliance with the PMK.
PMK’s hold is very strong in many northern districts of Tamil Nadu. It has at least 7 percent vote bank in the state. AIADMK with the founding leader of PMK Dr. S. Ramdas wanted to combine, but it was not possible.
The state president of the party on the alliance with the BJP. Anbumani Ramdas insisted and finally this agreement was reached.
