Chennai: The ruling AIADMK on Wednesday entered into an electoral pact with former Union Minister G.K. Vasan’s Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), giving it one Lok Sabha seat to contest in Tamil Nadu.
With this, the AIADMK will contest 20 of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu while allotting 19 seats to its allies and the lone Puducherry seat to N.R. Congress.
Speaking to reporters, AIADMK Coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam said the Tamil Maanila Congress will support the AIADMK in by-elections in Assembly seats.
–IANS
