Despite the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) getting exposed publicly on Wednesday over its attempts to reach out to rival camps simultaneously, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) appears to be giving some more allowance to the DMDK for joining its front.
The ruling party’s leaders including M. Thambi Durai, the party propaganda secretary and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker, O. S. Manian, Handlooms Minister and Nagapattinam district unit secretary and D. Jayakumar, Fisheries Minister and organising secretary, separately at different places on Thursday, sounded receptive to the idea of keeping the DMDK with them. Mr. Jayakumar said his party’s offer was still valid.
The AIADMK is persisting on its stand of keeping the other party under its fold as it feels obliged not to disturb the arrangement that BJP Tamil Nadu election in-charge and Union Minister Piyush Goyal, has worked out with the DMDK, says a senior leader of the ruling party.
The leader recalls how Mr. Goyal, after having taken part at an event to get signed the electoral pact `between the AIADMK and the BJP a few weeks ago, had rushed to the residence of the DMDK’s leader Vijayakant for getting the deal through.