BJP-DMDK talks continue

March 09, 2014 12:12 am | Updated November 16, 2021 06:28 pm IST - CHENNAI:

Even as the seat-sharing talks between the BJP and the DMDK continued for the second day, the hitch over numbers and identification of seats remained unresolved with the PMK.

According to sources, the PMK has been offered only eight seats and it has also been asked to give up a couple of constituencies in favour of other alliance partners.

BJP president Pon. Radhakrishnan, however, denied any such differences.

“We are holding talks. We will adopt give and take policy and the BJP alliance will be a great success,” he told reporters at the party headquarters on Saturday.

Asked who would lead the alliance in the State, he clarified that in Tamil Nadu too the alliance would be called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

DMDK youth wing leader L.K. Sudheesh, who participated in the talks, said it would take a couple of rounds to finalise seat-sharing. “Our part leader Vijayakant will release the list of candidates,” he said.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.