The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Friday inked a seat-sharing agreement with the Bharatiya Janata Party, allotting its ally 2...
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Friday inked a seat-sharing agreement with the Bharatiya Janata Party, allotting its ally 20 Assembly seats for the upcoming April 6 election in Tamil Nadu, The Hindu reported.
The Lok Sabha bye-election ticket for the Kanyakumari constituency was also given to the BJP. The seat fell vacant after the death of Congress leader H Vasanthakumar, who succumbed to Covid-19.
The deal was signed by AIADMK Coordinator O Panneerselvam, party’s co-coordinator and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and BJP leaders CT Ravi and L Murugan.
“It has been decided that the AIADMK and the BJP will be part of an alliance to face the Assembly poll on April 6,” a statement by the alliance said. “Based on an agreement reached between the AIADMK and the BJP today [Friday], it has been decided to allot 20 seats to the BJP under the alliance led by the AIADMK.”
The pact was finalised after weeks of deliberations between the two parties, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah personally holding talks with Panneerselvam and Palaniswami. The agreement suffered delays as the BJP wanted to bargain for more seats in western Tamil Nadu, officials told News18.
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