Left rules out returning to DMK fold
March 7th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 7 (IANS) Their main enemy may be the Congress, but Left parties have no intention of returning to the fold of Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK, with which they parted ways in 2009.
Leaders of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said they were committed to signing seat sharing deals with the AIADMK for the April 13 assembly elections.
A CPI-M leader told IANS: “It is a big ‘no’ to (joining hands with) the DMK front. Such a possibility does not exist.”
A CPI leader added: “Such a possibility does not arise. The DMK was party to the anti-people decisions of the central government.”
Speculation of a possible deal arose after the DMK Saturday dramatically pulled out of the Manmohan Singh government. The DMK has 18 members in the Lok Sabha and six in the central government.
On Sunday night, DMK president and Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said the possibilities of other parties joining the DMK front would be known in a day or two.
In 2006, as a part of the DMK front, the CPI-M and CPI won nine and six seats respectively. In 2009 the Left parted ways with the DMK after taking back legislative support to the Manmohan Singh government.
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