CHENNAI: DMDK general secretary Premallatha Vijayakant called on chief minister M K Stalin at the DMK headquarters in Chennai and confirmed DMDK’s entry into the DMK alliance. This is the first time that the DMDK had joined the DMK alliance since the party was founded in 2005.Speaking to reporters after meeting Stalin, Premallatha said the number of seats will be decided based on talks with the team to be formed by the DMK for holding talks with the alliance parties.Welcoming DMDK into the alliance, Stalin said on X that the DMDK’s entry into the alliance will ensure continuation of the DMK rule in Tamil Nadu.“Let your arrival into the DMK alliance contribute for the development of the state. We will continue to travel together for all round growth of the state,” Stalin said.DMDK is likely to get a Rajya Sabha seat and Premallatha said that the announcement will be made “officially made by Stalin”. Saying that joining the DMK alliance was the wish of majority of her party functionaries, Premallatha recalled the series of events happened before the 2016 assembly election and said the alliance with the DMK should have happened in 2016 but it is happening after 10 years, after the death of DMDK founder Vijayakant.In the previous assembly election in 2021, DMDK aligned with the AMMK and drew a blank. Even in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the DMDK drew a blank when it was part of the AIADMK alliance.
