Chennai: BJP on Thursday announced the formation of a seven-party rainbow alliance for the April 24 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu, in its first-ever such electoral venture in the state where the turf has been largely dominated by DMK and AIADMK.
The announcement about the sealing of the alliance was made by BJP President Rajnath Singh who described it as a `historic` moment for Tamil Nadu and also for the country as seven parties had come into NDA-fold.
Flanked by alliance partners, Singh told a press conference here that out of the 39 seats, actor-politician Vijayakant`s DMDK will fight for 14 seats while PMK and BJP will field candidates in eight constituencies each.
Soon after his arrival here, Singh was closetted with leaders of allies for nearly four hours, giving final touches to the alliance and also ironing out differences among the partners over certain seats.
He managed to convince PMK to give up the claim on Salem seat and accommodate the request by DMDK.
The other national party Congress, which used to ride piggy back on DMK or AIADMK, has been left to face the polls on its own this time with both shunning it.
Launching a tirade against Congress-led UPA, Singh charged
it with leaving the country`s economy in a `mess` and slammed it over unemployment, inflation and price-rise.
He also attacked at UPA for the spate of scams allegedly involving the ruling coalition and said people were no more prepared to live with the scandals.
"The entire country is yearning for a decisive change. People are determined to unseat UPA. In South, including in Tamil Nadu, new alliances are emerging. People want to see an NDA government with Modi as Prime Minister," he said.
