VCK gets one more constituency

Mollifying its dissatisfied ally VCK, the DMK Saturday offered one more Lok Sabha seat to the Dalit party. With this, the VCK will contest two of the state's 39 constituencies.

A joint statement issued by the DMK and VCK said the latter has also been allotted Tiruvallur constituency near Chennai.

The VCK had demanded five seats but was given only one: Chidambaram constituency.

The DMK has concluded seat-sharing deals with Muslim outfits MMK and IUML and Dalit parties VCK and PT. Barring VCK, all others have got one seat each to contest in Tamil Nadu.