Dhinakaran’s AMMK Join Hands With Owaisi’s AIMIM For Tamil Nadu Polls

AMMK supremo TTV Dhinakaran released a press note earlier today that AIMIM will be contesting from three constituencies.

Chennai: The Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) in Tamil Nadu on Monday joined hands with Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM for the upcoming crucial Assembly polls in the state. AMMK supremo TTV Dhinakaran released a press note earlier today that AIMIM will be contesting from three constituencies. These seats include Vaniyambadi, Krishnagiri and Sankarapuram.

“In the alliance led by the AMMK, Mr Asaduddin Owaisi, MP and the AIMIM party led by him has been allotted 3 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, namely Vaniyambadi, Krishnagiri and Sankarapuram,” TTV Dhinakaran said today.

A week ago, AIMIM was still deciding whether it will choose DMK or the AMMK for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021.

Notably, TTV Dhinakaran is the lone player of the AMMK ever since his aunt Sasikala decided to step down from politics after she was removed as the AIADMK chief. Sasikala had just completed her four-year jail term on January 27 in a corruption case related to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha.

If reports are to be believed, Sasikala may re-enter politics if the ruling party in the state bites the dust. Once the closest aide of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, Sasikala is now planning to stage a comeback reportedly by aligning AMMK with AIADMK.

The Sasikala family has expected that the AIADMK will lose the Tamil Nadu elections by a big margin and then she could reenter politics and capture the party. In such a situation, the BJP and the Union government may not have much opposition.