Overview
- Premalatha Vijayakanth confirmed the tie-up after meeting Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at Anna Arivalayam in Chennai — the party’s first-ever alignment with the DMK since its 2005 founding.
- A seat-sharing committee will now negotiate allocations, and the final slate will be announced by the DMK leadership.
- Multiple outlets report that the package includes several Assembly constituencies and one Rajya Sabha seat, with the early-March nomination window shaping the timeline.
- DMK leaders frame the induction as strengthening their reelection bid and the Dravidian model, while the BJP and AIADMK condemn it as a betrayal of Vijayakanth’s legacy.
- The move offers the DMDK a potential path to revive its organisation after years of electoral decline and recent failures to win seats.