Advani hints at post-poll tie-up with AIADMK

BJP leader L K Advani today hinted that a post-poll alignment with AIADMK was possible as the prevailing situation might require such tie-ups to muster sufficient numbers to form a government.

"It is for them to decide. I simply mentioned about it," Advani told reporters here, when asked about his reported comment on Sunday that his emissaries were in touch with AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa on the post-poll tie-up.
  
Recalling that parties like TDP had joined the NDA after elections in 1999, he said "these are matters about which parties have to themselves take a decision".
  
Observing that in the current situation a government could be formed only through a post-election alliance, BJP's prime ministerial candidate added that there are parties who are not committed towards any political formation.
  
Dubbing the Third Front "irrelevant", he said it was clear that no government could be formed in New Delhi without the support of either BJP or Congress.
 
As far as the BJP was concerned, it has proved its ability in running a coalition successfully while the Congress-led UPA is disintegrating with partners deserting it one after another, he said.