Tamil Nadu Polls: AIADMK's Last Minute Quota Seals Deal, Other Talks On

Chennai: The ruling AIADMK and BJP commenced the talks for sharing seats for the April 6 assembly election in the state. Both the parties are likely to arrive at a consensus soon.

A delegation from the BJP which included Union Ministers Kishan Reddy, Gen V K Singh, BJP national general secretary in-charge of Tamil Nadu C T Ravi, state party chief L Murugan, held discussions with Chief Minister and AIADMK co-coordinator K Palaniswami and AIADMK coordinator and Deputy CM O Panneerselvam, on Saturday. BJP state organising general secretary Kesava Vinayagan was also present during the talks.

The parleys, according to a BJP senior, were cordial and the deal is likely to be clinched soon. "Our expectation is for 60 assembly constituencies, which we have identified as winnable seats.