Pact on seat sharing reached among PWA partners

An agreement on seat sharing for the May 16 Assembly polls in this Union Territory was reached today among the partners of the five-party People's Welfare Alliance, with CPI getting the maximum eight seats, out of the 30 at stake.
As per the joint agreement signed among the partners of the PWA, the CPI would contest eight seats, VCK seven, CPI(M) and MDMK four seats each and RSP one.
The alliance would support Independents in Mahe and Yanam, convener of the PWA and Secretary of the Puducherry unit of the CPI R Viswanathan, who presided over a joint meeting of the PWA, told reporters.

DMDK, which has tied up with the PWA, has been allotted four seats. However, a final decision would be taken after the party holds discussions with its high command in Chennai.
Leaders of Puducherry unit of the DMDK did not attend the meeting.
Viswanathan said the constituencies to be contested by each party would be decided later.