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PMK, AIADMK tie-up for Tamil Nadu elections, EPS arrives in Delhi| India News

PMK, AIADMK tie-up for Tamil Nadu elections, EPS arrives in Delhi| India News

Tamil Nadu’s primary opposition AIADMK and the Anbumani Ramadoss-led Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) finalised their alliance on Wednesday, even as AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami arrived in Delhi to meet Union home minister Amit Shah. The development comes as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) firms up its push to expand the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the upcoming assembly elections. PMK president and former Union Minister Anbumani Ramadoss meets AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami in Chennai on Wednesday. (AIADMK) “The AIADMK and the BJP have formed an alliance for the assembly elections, and now the PMK has joined us,” Tamil Nadu Leader of Opposition EPS said in a joint press conference with Ramadoss. “This is a winning alliance. Our collective goal is to defeat the DMK government that is anti-people and to form a strong government that delivers welfare to the people of Tamil Nadu.” Leaders aware of the details said the two parties have also reached an agreement on seat allocation for the elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly, set to take place …