AIADMK can be alone in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections
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AIADMK can be alone in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is preparing to contest all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and in neighbouring Puducherry, senior party leader and cooperation minister Sellur K Raju said on Monday. Two days after the claim of chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s (EPS), his comments came that the party would not join hands with those who betrayed the interests of Tamil Nadu.
On January 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking to the Tamil Nadu party workers in the video conference said that the door for the BJP's "coalition is always open".
It is believed that there was some resentment in the AIADMK with open remarks, which had supported the BJP in the key legislatures in the Lok Sabha.
In response to this comment, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s chief MK Stalin said on Jan 11 that his party would never partner with the BJP.
As for the AIADMK, Raju’s view has support. People familiar with the matter say a vocal section within the party led by Lok Sabha deputy speaker M Thambidurai opposes any electoral pact with the BJP.
Raju said neither the Congress nor the BJP could come to power in Tamil Nadu.
“State BJP chief Tamilisai Sounderrarajan should stop criticising our government; her party should direct its energies to poll more than NOTA (votes) in the coming elections,” Kadambur Raju had told the media on Friday.
Reacting to the minister's comments, Tamilisai, put up a brave face saying, the BJP would form a formidable alliance and that the people of Tamil Nadu would not let the party down.
Political analysts say the AIADMK’s bravado may well have to do with creating a strong bargaining position in seat-sharing talks.
SOURCE: Hindustan Times
AIADMK can be alone in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is preparing to contest all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and in neighbouring Puducherry, senior party leader and cooperation minister Sellur K Raju said on Monday. Two days after the claim of chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s (EPS), his comments came that the party would not join hands with those who betrayed the interests of Tamil Nadu.
On January 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking to the Tamil Nadu party workers in the video conference said that the door for the BJP's "coalition is always open".
It is believed that there was some resentment in the AIADMK with open remarks, which had supported the BJP in the key legislatures in the Lok Sabha.
In response to this comment, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s chief MK Stalin said on Jan 11 that his party would never partner with the BJP.
As for the AIADMK, Raju’s view has support. People familiar with the matter say a vocal section within the party led by Lok Sabha deputy speaker M Thambidurai opposes any electoral pact with the BJP.
Raju said neither the Congress nor the BJP could come to power in Tamil Nadu.
“State BJP chief Tamilisai Sounderrarajan should stop criticising our government; her party should direct its energies to poll more than NOTA (votes) in the coming elections,” Kadambur Raju had told the media on Friday.
Reacting to the ministers comments, Tamilisai, put up a brave face saying, the BJP would form a formidable alliance and that the people of Tamil Nadu would not let the party down.
Political analysts say the AIADMK’s bravado may well have to do with creating a strong bargaining position in seat-sharing talks.