CHENNAI: Former actor A Vijaykant has announced that his DMDK party would contest the Tamil Nadu assembly elections along with Vaiko's MDMK, the Left and Dalit party VCK. The newly formed alliance announced that Vijaykant would be the chief ministerial candidate of the People's Welfare Front.
The PWF which was until now made up of the MDMK, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India-Marxist and the VCK, will be a major team to keep an eye on for the May electoral battle. The DMDK will put candidates in 124 seats and the remaining 110 seats will be contested by the MDMK and the other parties. Co-ordinator of the alliance, Vaiko said, “This is the alliance the people were looking for.” An enthusiastic leader said, “The election will now be like a Kurukshetra war.” As per the alliance, there will be a coalition government in Tamil Nadu if the front wins the election. Calling the PWF a “people's party”, Vijaykant said, “My cadres wanted me to be the king. All the alliance partners have asked me to be the chief ministerial candidate.”
The actor-turned-politician had floated his party as an alternative to two Dravidian parties; AIADMK and DMK, but relations with both the parties soured soon. Vaiko said revolution took place the day DMK founder CN Annadurai became the chief minister after defeating the Congress. “Similarly, a day will come when Vijaykant will be the chief minister.” The BJP and DMK earlier tried to woo MDMK chief to join their alliance.
