Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: DMK allots five seats to CPI

The ruling DMK on Wednesday allotted five seats to its ally CPI for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, ending several rounds of talks held between the two parties.

Following talks held at the party headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, here, it was decided that the Communist Party of India would contest five Assembly seats, DMK said in a statement on Wednesday.

CPI state secretary M Veerapandiyan said during the talks held with the seat-sharing panel under the leadership of T R Baalu, they were requested by the DMK to contest in few number of seats in view of new parties joining the alliance.


"They requested us to cooperate... The DMK chief (MK Stalin) also sought our cooperation on the total number of seats," he said on the reasons behind accepting to contest in five seats.

"The primary objective of the CPI in this election is to defeat the BJP and its alliance. We spoke with him (Stalin) saying that we must stand closer than ever before and defeat our opponents," Veerapandiyan added.

In the 2021 election, the CPI contested six seats and won two.

The state assembly election is scheduled to be held on April 23.