Chennai, March 15- That the actor-turned-politician A. Vijayakant-led DMDK has declared its list of candidates from five constituencies for which there are other claimants is not being taken lightly by the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and cadres. Even as the BJP is trying to weave an alliance comprising DMDK, PMK, MDMK and a couple of other parties, the party cadres in Tamil Nadu are upset at the manner in which Vijayakant floated the DMDK party, unilaterally announced its candidates and began the campaign on Friday for the Lok Sabha elections, a party leader said Saturday.
According to IANS, the party leader has said, “The party cadres are really upset at the attitude of DMDK. The 10 per cent vote share that the party is said to command should be discounted as a large number of its legislative assembly members are not with the party.”
According to the senior leader, some more DMDK legislators are expected to lend their support to the ruling AIADMK prior to or after the general elections.
The BJP leaders’ discomfort was evident when they addressed the media on Friday night. General secretary and state-in-charge P. Muralidhar Rao said a report will be submitted to the party’s central election committee for further action.
“The decision of the party president Rajnath Singh will be final,” Rao said.
“Forming an alliance is an effort by all parties concerned. Further sustaining the alliance also depends on all the parties,” he added.
The BJP is expected to take a decision on its Tamil Nadu front Saturday.
“The PMK is more cooperative than the DMDK. The undeniable fact is that there is Modi wave in Tamil Nadu which in turn will increase our vote share,” the BJP leader said.
-Indiatoday
