PMK's stand on alliance unacceptable, says TN BJP

In deepening fissures in the NDA in Tamil Nadu, state BJP President Tamilisai Soundararajan today rejected as 'unacceptable' PMK's stand that its tie up with the combine was only at the "national level".
"BJP is not a state party and PMK is not a national party. Their stand that the alliance is confined to the national level is not acceptable" and such a stand was only to 'hoodwink' the people, she told reporters here.
Her remarks come days after former Union minister and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss said his party was part of the NDA only at the national level and not in Tamil Nadu.

As regards the state, PMK has declared that it would lead to a separate front for the next year's Assembly elections.
"As far as we are concerned, we feel that we should fight polls together and there is a lot of time (for elections next year April-May)," Tamilisai told reporters here.
On February 15, PMK declared Anbumani Ramadoss as its chief ministerial candidate and invited "like-minded" parties sans AIADMK and the DMK to be part of the alliance to be led by it for the Assembly polls.

Tamilisai is the second senior BJP leader to criticise PMK's stand. Earlier, BJP national Secretary H Raja had accused PMK of violating "coalition dharma" by deciding to lead a new front for the 2016 elections.

He had said his party's central leadership would take an appropriate step on PMK's "unilateral declaration."
BJP led the NDA in the state in the last Lok Sabha polls, but the alliance could manage to win only two seats -- one each by BJP and PMK -- out of the 39 with the ruling AIADMK bagging the rest.
MDMK led by Vaiko which was part of the NDA has recently quit the alliance.