NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JAN 31
The Tamil Nadu BJP on Monday announced it would contest alone in the urban civic polls slated to be held on February 19 and asserted that its alliance with the AIADMK in the state remained intact.
It is difficult to firm up seat sharing with the AIADMK for civic body polls considering several practical difficulties at the local level, state BJP president K Annamalai said.
தொண்டர்களின் கோரிக்கையை ஏற்று, உள்ளாட்சி தேர்தலில் மட்டும் பாஜக தனித்துப்போட்டி,
அதிமுக உடனான தேசிய ஜனநாயக கூட்டணி தொடரும்,
அதிமுக உடனான நல்லுறவு வரும் காலங்களிலும் தொடரும்.
– மாநில தலைவர்
திரு.@annamalai_k pic.twitter.com/iJIz4bBCUL— BJP Tamilnadu (@BJP4TamilNadu) January 31, 2022
“தற்போதைய தேர்தலில் பாஜக தனித்து போட்டியிடுகிறது. எதிர்வரும் தேர்தல் குறித்து அப்போது முடிவெடுப்போம். எங்கள் குழந்தைகளை வளர்த்தெடுப்பதுதான் எங்களுக்கு முதன்மையானது”
– மாண்புமிகு சட்டமன்ற எதிர்கட்சித் தலைவர் திரு. எடப்பாடி கே. பழனிசாமி அவர்கள்.
— AIADMK – Say No To Drugs & DMK (@AIADMKOfficial) January 31, 2022
To strengthen the party at grassroots level, local polls are an opportunity and the BJP wanted to fulfill the aspirations of party workers by giving them tickets to contest the civic body polls, he said. Expressing confidence that the BJP would emerge victorious in a large number of seats, he told reporters here that his party’s alliance with the AIADMK, the principal opposition party in Tamil Nadu, continued to be intact.
The alliance with AIADMK would continue for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls as well, Annamalai said.
The BJP’s announcement comes a day after its talks with the AIADMK top brass here could not inch closer to finalisation of seat sharing while the latter announced its first list of candidates hours later.
On Monday, a second list for candidates was released by the AIADMK. The BJP’s first list is expected to be released soon. Polls to over 12,000 seats in urban local bodies are scheduled to be held on February 19 in a single phase. Counting of votes would begin on February 22.
