Chennai: The DMK on Monday finalised its seat-sharing pacts with Thol Thirumavalavan’s VCK and Communist Party of India (CPI) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
As per the agreement inked between the three parties, the CPI and the VCK will get two seats each. Talking to reporters here on Monday VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan said the two constituencies would be decided later. His party would decide on whether to contest under its own symbol or under the DMK’s Rising Sun symbol, he said.
“The DMK-led combine will win all the 40 Lok Sabha seats - 39 in Tamil Nadu and the lone Puducherry seat,” he said. “Now we fixed only on the numbers, peacefully and happily,” he further said. Earlier, Thirumavalavan, held a meeting with the seat-sharing committee of DMK at its headquarters Anna Arivalayam.
CPI State Secretary R. Mutharasan said following the smooth first round of talks held earlier, the agreement was finalised during the second round on Monday. His party would contest under its own symbol, he said. The CPI would extend support to the DMK in the by-polls to the 21 Assembly constituencies lying vacant in the State.
The DMK has signed seat -sharing accord with the Congress allotting it nine seats in Tamil Nadu besides the lone Puducherry seat, now with the CPI, VCK, while IUML and KDMK have been given one seat each. The DMK is holding talks with the Vaiko’s MDMK and CPI (M). It is expected to finalise its alliance in a day or two, say sources.
