Lok Sabha polls: NDA Ally AMMK Announces Candidates On 2 Seats In Tamil Nadu

AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran will contest from Theni while Senthilnathan has been nominated from Trichy

AMMK announces candidates on two seats in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls

National Democratic Alliance ally Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam announced its candidates on Sunday in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming Lok sabha polls. The party has been allotted two seats in the state under the NDA's seat-sharing agreement. 

AMMK General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran will contest the polls from Theni while Senthilnathan has been given a party ticket from Trichy, Dhinakaran said. 

The development comes Dhinakaran announced earlier this month that his party will extend unconditonal support to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming polls. 

Tamil Nadu | AMMK General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran announces the names of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.

"AMMK to contest on two seats in NDA alliance: TTV Dhinakaran to contest from Theni and Senthilnathan to contest from Trichy," he says. pic.twitter.com/Bs37AcD9Wy

— ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2024

Announcing his party's alliance with the saffron party, Dhinakaran stated that the BJP Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai and BJP leader Kishan Reddy had contacted him, and he conveyed the party's support to the BJP-led alliance.

Earlier it was reported that AAMK has requested the BJP to contest on four to six seats to join the alliance. Dhinakaran had insisted on contesting from the Thevar community strongholds in south Tamil Nadu.

Apart from the four seats, the party had also demanded  Madurai and Tirunelveli seats from the BJP.

Expressing confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's potential third term, Dhinakaran pledged that AMMK would contribute to the BJP's victory in Tamil Nadu, likening their role to that of a 'squirrel'

Dhinakaran, who was expelled from  the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, formed the Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam on March 15, 2018 as a breakwaway faction. 

In January, another expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam announced that rebel AIADMK leaders would join hands with TTV Dinakaran-led AMMK.