Only an alliance of political parties could face the strong ruling AIADMK
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Vijayakanth and a DMDK delegation in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)
Chennai: A day after his meeting with DMDK founder Vijayakanth, DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Monday indicated that only an alliance of political parties could face the strong ruling AIADMK.
Speaking to reporters here who asked him if the meeting between the two of them on Sunday could be taken as a precursor for an electoral tie-up, Mr Karunanidhi said it was up to their individual perception but that his party had no announcements to make now.
“But, considering the situation in Tamil Nadu, an alliance is required and only the success of that alliance can save the state,” he said. Having aligned with the Jayalalithaa-led AIADMK for the 2011 Assembly polls in which DMK performed poorly with just 23 seats, DM DK later parted ways with the ruling party, following a face-off between Jayalalithaa and Vijayakanth on the floor of the Assembly. In last year’s Lok Sabha polls, DM DK lost all the seats it contested even as its ally BJP and PMK won a seat each.
On Sunday, Vijayakanth called on Opposition party leaders including Karunanidhi, TNCC president E.V. K.S. Elangovan and BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan to garner support for his meeting with PM Narendra Modi on the issue of Karnataka constructing a check dam across river Cauvery at Mekedatu, which has raised concerns in the state.
Responding to this, Karunanidhi said that he welcomed the efforts by “younger brother” Vijayakanth to “unify people of Tamil Nadu” and assured all his support to his endeavours.
AIADMK, which trounced arch rival DMK in the 2011 elections, winning 151 constituencies, had since then been on a victory spree, winning the local body polls, all by-polls to the Assembly segments and netting 37 of 39 Lok Sabha seats in last year’s Parliamentary elections.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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