Pondicherry: A day after the submitting of nomination papers for the Puducherry Legislative Meeting elections ended with last-minute seat-sharing talks between the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) on Tuesday introduced that it’s going to stand alone in three constituencies – Osdu, Netapakkam and Ojukalai. The VCK stated the uncertainty was inflicting “psychological stress” to occasion leaders.
VCK’s transfer comes after prolonged negotiations did not yield a transparent allocation of constituencies for the occasion. The occasion, which has lengthy been a part of the DMK-Congress-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), had been attempting to contest three seats, however nothing got here to a conclusion.
DMK, on the opposite hand, provided just one seat to VCK. After seat-sharing talks, the Congress will area candidates in 16 seats whereas the DMK will contest in 14 seats.
“In 2001, we fought in two constituencies as a part of the DMK-led alliance. Within the 2021 elections, the Congress allotted solely the Ojukalai common suffrage. To keep away from strain on the alliance, we accepted and contested that point. Nonetheless, we didn’t get any cooperation from the alliance events. Regardless of this, we secured over 6,000 votes,” stated Tole, the occasion’s founder. Thirumabalawan stated in a press release on Tuesday.
“The Congress occasion, which will likely be contesting the vast majority of seats within the alliance, has not come ahead concerning the allocation of constituencies to different coalition events. There was a proposal from the DMK aspect to allocate one constituency to the VCK. Nonetheless, even after submitting of candidates, it has not but been decided which constituency it will likely be. In all of the constituencies the place the Communist Celebration of India (CPI) has filed nominations, the Congress has additionally filed candidates. The scenario is as follows: It’s nonetheless unclear which constituencies will likely be allotted to the VCK, placing our occasion cadres underneath pointless psychological stress,” Thirumavalavan stated.
He stated, subsequently, the occasion has determined to contest elections independently within the three constituencies the place candidates are at the moment being filed – Osudu, Nettapakkam and Ojukalai. “Assist will even be prolonged to SPA candidates in different constituencies the place we’re not contesting,” he added.
Political analysts advised ThePrint that turmoil inside the Congress can be including to the occasion’s worries as there’s uncertainty over which constituencies the DMK will likely be contesting because the Congress is clashing with the CPI over seats.
“The Adi Dravidar vote is essential in Puducherry and it’s the consolidated vote financial institution for the VCK. The Congress doesn’t give sufficient significance to the group. The Congress needs a ‘huge brother’ angle, which is having a unfavorable influence on the alliance. Furthermore, infighting and mismanagement have develop into main issues for the alliance,” stated Sunilkumar VM, a political science professor at a Chennai-based non-public college.
In the meantime, in Tamil Nadu, eight seats have been allotted to the VCK as a part of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance for the upcoming meeting elections. Six of the eight seats will likely be secured, and two seats will likely be at-large seats.
(Edited by Naldeep Singh Dahiya)
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