The parties made the announcement at the end of talks the leaders of both parties had in Chennai on Tuesday af... Read More

CHENNAI: The BJP and the AIADMK on Tuesday announced their decision to contest the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry together. The BJP will contest five seats in alliance with the AIADMK, PMK and other parties.

The alliance is for all the 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry. The parties will work together for the assembly byelections in the state.

The parties made the announcement at the end of talks between the leaders of both parties in Chennai on Tuesday afternoon.

Union railway minister Piyush Goyal, who is BJP’s election in charge for Tamil Nadu, Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan, BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan and others held alliance talks with AIADMK joint coordinator and chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and party coordinator and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam.

Goyal said, “I am delighted that AIADMK and the BJP have concluded a fruitful discussion and agreed to the contest elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry with alliance partners.”

“All parties will work together and strengthen and the NDA. All the 40 seats will be won by the NDA under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Edapppadi K Palaniswami and Panneerselvam,” he said.

Earlier in the day, the PMK and the AIADMK announced their decision to contest the elections together. The PMK will contest in seven seats in Tamil Nadu.



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