Chennai: The DMK has convened a meeting a meeting of district secretaries, MPs and MLAs on 11 March at Anna Arivalayam here (10 am).
In a press release here, DMK genereal secretary K Anbazhagan said, “All must attend the meeting without fail.” The meeting is expected to discuss the preparations for forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
It may be recalled the DMK on Tuesday announced that it would contest from 20 seats in Tamilnadu in the Lok Sabha elections, with the M K Stalin-led party finalising its seat-sharing agreements with all of its allies – a total eight of them.
The DMK will lead a rainbow coalition comprising of the Congress, CPI(M), CPI, MDMK, VCK, IUML, KMDK and IJK. The Congress has been allotted the lion’s share of seats among the DMK’s allies, with the grand old party receiving nine seats in the State, besides the lone Puducherry segment. The two Left parties, besides the VCK, have been given two seats each.
The DMK has allotted one seat each to the MDMK, IJK, IUML and the KMDK. It has also allotted the MDMK one Rajya Sabha seat.