Chennai: DMDK founder Vijayakant on Friday hinted
that his party may not demand a share in power from AIADMK in
the next government and said he had joined hands with the
Jayalalithaa-led party only to prevent DMK from coming back to
power.
The DMDK had not demanded a role in the next government,
Vijayakant told reporters here and refrained from saying
anything more.
Vijayakant, who clinched a seat-sharing deal with AIADMK at
the eleventh hour ahead of April 13 polls, said his party
could have gone ahead and fought elections on its own "if we
had wanted to."
But that would have allowed the DMK to come back to power,
and "we wanted to prevent that," he said.
The DMDK, founded in 2005 by the actor-politician as an
'alternative' to the two Dravidian parties, played spoilsport
in the 2006 assembly elections and 2009 Lok Sabha polls,
splitting the opposition votes, particularly affecting AIADMK.
He described the AIADMK front's success in the elections as
"people's victory" and said issues like power cut had played a
major role in the DMK's exit.
PTI
First Published: Friday, May 13, 2011, 16:09