DMK Allots 10 Seats To DMDK Despite Minimal Vote Share Presence

Chennai: After driving a hard bargain with its long time allies, literally making them feel politically restricted, the ruling DMK on Tuesday evening ended up allotting 10 seats to the late Vijaykant’s DMDK, a party with a diminished vote share of less than 0.5%, which recently came on board the Secular Progressive Alliance. This allocation was in addition to the Rajya Sabha berth it was given earlier this month despite not having a single legislator in the outgoing Assembly. The DMK had earlier...