Kamal Haasan’s Party Gets 1 Seat as Congress-DMK Seal Pre-Poll Deal In Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the ruling DMK and Congress sealed off a seat-sharing deal with Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) being provided one seat, reported NDTV quoting sources.

According to reports, Congress is likely to get ten seats in Tamil Nadu. An official announcement is expected to be made after a meeting between the Congress and the DMK on Saturday evening.

Kamal Haasan said he has joined the DMK-led alliance but he will not contest in the election. “I extend my full support to the alliance,” he said after meeting the Chief Minister at Anna Arivalayam – the DMK headquarters in Chennai.

MNM is expected to campaign for the alliance in the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone Puducherry segment. DMK has also allotted two seats each to the Communist Party of India and CPI-M, as well as one each to the Indian Union Muslim League and the Kongu Desa Makkal Katchi.

The Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi has also been allotted two seats.

In 2019 the Congress won eight of nine seats in Tamil Nadu, while the DMK won 38 of the 39 seats.