Lok Sabha polls: PMK announces decision to join BJP in Tamil Nadu
9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls: PMK announces decision to join BJP in Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times  

In a snub to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and a shot in the arm for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu, regional party Pattali Makkal Katchi on Monday announced its decision to join hands with the national hegemone. “PMK founder S Ramadoss announced at the high-level committee meeting that the party will face the Lok Sabha polls in an alliance with the BJP,” PMK general secretary Vadivel Ravanan told reporters. Expelled AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran’s Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam also joined the BJP a week ago besides former Union minister’s GK Vasan’s Tamil Maanila Congress. Ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections, the AIADMK- BJP stitched together an alliance with PMK along with late actor-politician Vijayakanth’s Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam and Puthiya Tamizhagam. In 2016 assembly polls, PMK went solo projecting their leader and former union minister Anbumani Ramadoss as their chief ministerial candidate, but it drew a blank with only 5.3% of vote share.

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