TN polls: Vaiko turns to Jayalalitha!

No permanent friends or foes in politics! Read the news item..

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) was on Saturday offered 35 seats by the ruling AIADMK for the May 8 polls to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa announced here on Saturday.

The seat-sharing deal was finalised when the MDMK general secretary Vaiko called on Jayalalithaa at her Poes Garden residence in the city, at around 1145 hours.

After a 45-minute meeting between the two, Jayalalithaa told reporters that all other matters like POTA issue were things of the past. (Vaiko was detained under POTA for over an year during her current regime).

"We are here on a positive note, on a positive matter and we will be making only positive statements," she said. Vaiko said the AIADMK-led alliance would "sweep" the polls. "This is the finest hour in the political history of Tamil Nadu. The alliance is a formidable one".

Asked how it felt while sharing a platform with a former POTA detenu, Jayalalithaa said "It feels great to be friends."

In politics, there are no permanent friends or foes, she said. Vaiko endorsed her views.

Jayalalithaa said the future "is going to be glorious for both AIADMK and the MDMK and the alliance will sweep the polls." She said AIADMK party workers would work for the victory of MDMK and vice-versa.

Vaiko also said, in the campaign, the two parties will work together for the success of the alliance. "AIADMK will get an individual majority to form the government," he said.