The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) announced it would join the BJP-led NDA and fight the coming Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu.
The PMK will contest 10 seats in the state as part of the NDA alliance. BJP state president K Annamalai and PMK founder Ramadoss signed the pact at the Thailapuram residence of the latter.
BJP-PMK alliance sealed. PMK to contest from 10 seats in Tamil Nadu as part of the NDA alliance.#TNPolitics #Elections2024 #LokSabha #BJP pic.twitter.com/goeyFu8Vlv— Shilpa (@Shilpa1308) March 19, 2024
The PMK is a Vanniyar community-dominated party and has significant influence in some of the northern districts of the state.
"PMK will fight from 10 seats in Tamil Nadu in the NDA," Annamalai later told reporters in a joint press briefing with PMK President and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Anbumani Ramadoss.
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