CHENNAI: Members of the AIADMK
seat-sharing committee
, including former minister S P Velumani, on Friday visited
DMDK
general secretary Premalatha at her Saligram residence, indicating the coming together of the erstwhile allies for the general elections.
This is the first official visit of the committee ever since it was set up by party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami.
“It’s a courtesy visit,” Velumani told reporters later. Asked if the
alliance
had been sealed, Velumani said, “When two people visit and talk, what will you say?”
The former minister said the parties would constitute committees to take forward the alliance talks.
The
AIADMK
had been holding a backdoor negotiation with the erstwhile ally amid demands from Premalatha that the DMDK would join ‘any’ alliance that offered 14 LS seats and a Rajya Sabha seat.
Former ministers P Thangamani, K P Anbalagan and P Benjamin accompanied Velumani, and paid floral tributes to the portrait of late DMDK chief Vijayakant.
In 2019, DMDK, a constituent of the AIADMK-led alliance, contested in four seats, Chennai North, Kallakurichi, Trichy and Virudhunagar, and drew nil. It called off ties in 2021 assembly elections over differences in seat sharing after holding three rounds of talks with the AIADMK leadership.
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