AIADMK keeps 2 RS seats for itself

THE AIADMK has decided to keep the two Rajya Sabha seats to itself and named senior functionaries and former MLAs of the party, I S Inbadurai and M Dhanapal, as candidates for the forthcoming elections to the Upper House.

- T MURUGANANDHAM @ Chennai

AIADMK deputy general secretary K P Munusamy announced the candidates at the party headquarters on Sunday. Responding to a question, Munusamy said AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami had promised the DMDK a Rajya Sabha seat in 2026, and that the party stands by it. He claimed the DMDK would continue in the AIADMK-led alliance and had agreed to the current arrangement.

However, later in the day, DMDK general secretary Premalatha Vijayakant refused to confirm to reporters that the party would indeed continue in the AIADMK alliance, suggesting her displeasure at the Dravidian major's move.