DMK finalises seat-sharing pact with two parties

Chennai: The DMK finalised seat-sharing pacts with two smaller parties, the IUML and MMK, allotting two seats each to the parties respectively.

The party is in negotiations with the Congress and Vaiko-led MDMK and talks with other allies, namely the VCK and DMDK is yet to commence.

Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is the president of the DMK, allotted two seats each to the Indian Union Muslim League and Manithaneya Makkal Katchi, another Muslim party, at the DMK state headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, following negotiations on February 28, a release from the party said on Saturday night.

While IUML will contest on the ladder symbol, the candidates of MMK will contest the upcoming Assembly election on DMK's Rising Sun symbol.

During the parleys with the Congress, the ruling DMK dispensation had offered a Rajya Sabha seat, Congress leaders said.

DMK MP Kanimozhi on Saturday said that the party's manifesto preparation committee is actively working and the document will soon be finalised.

"The work of the DMK's election manifesto preparation committee is progressing. Within the next ten days, the manifesto will be finalised in its complete form and submitted to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. There is no need for the DMK to prepare a manifesto merely to respond to someone else. We will release a manifesto based on what the people expect. The people are ready to place their trust in the DMK's manifesto," she said.PTI