No delay in seat sharing deal with AIADMK: Annamalai

Coimbatore: BJP state president K Annamalai has ruled out any hitches in seat-sharing talks with AIADMK for the local body elections in nine districts.
“Seat-sharing talks are progressing in a smooth manner,” he told reporters in Coimbatore on Sunday evening on the sidelines of an event where cadres from other parties joined BJP.
Notable among those were Makkal Needhi Maiam’s Thondamuthur candidate in the recent assembly elections Shajahan.“There is no delay in seat-sharing talks. Has anyone filed nomination to contest the elections from the DMK alliance. No one has filed nominations yet, so where is the question of delay on our part?” he asked. He said conventionally only on the last two days nomination will be filed for local body elections.
Annamalai said several factors should be taken into account and discussed before finalizing a seat-sharing deal. “Talks are going on in a smooth manner. We will do it in a cordial manner,’’ he said.
To a query that BJP was asking for more seats, Annamalai said that the question of asking for more seats or less number of seats doesn’t arise. “AIADMK is major partner in the alliance. There are several sitting local body representatives from AIADMK in these districts. At the same time BJP also has strong candidates. So, we will discuss and finalize it amicably. There is no ill will or conflict between us,” he said, adding that the AIADMK–BJP alliance was strong and that their objective was to expose DMK’s falsehoods. On reports of actor Vijay’s fans entering poll fray, Annamalai said anyone can contest the elections.
On Neet, hei said the DMK was playing politics. “DMK should take responsibility for the suicides of students.” tnn