New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) high command is worried over the possibility of actor Vijaykanth-led DMDK going with the DMK-led alliance in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly election. Vijaykanth, who was with the NDA during the 2014 Lok Sabha election, is hinting that he may finally go back to the DMK-led alliance to take on the ruling of AIADMK of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
Union Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar held a long meeting with Vijaykanth in Chennai. After that he had expressed the hope that DMDK will go with the BJP in Tamil Nadu.
However, Vijaykanth has changed his stance and likely to join hands with DMK. The alarmed BJP chief Amit Shah and Prakash Javadekar had a two hour meeting on the night of March 2, claim some sources.
The BJP is worried that Vijaykanth may move towards DMK in a day or two and Javadekar was told by Amit Shah to speak individually to Vijaykanth. There will be a dinner for BJP MPs on Thursday and Javadekar may brief Amit Shah on the developments once again.
The Congress has already joined the DMK-led alliance. On the other hand rebel leader GK Vasan is likely to join the AIADMK-led alliance. Most of the smaller parties are likely to go with the DMK-led alliance.
In the 2011 Assembly elections, Vijayakanth won 28 seats and became leader of the opposition party. But recently some of his MLA have defected to the AIADMK.
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