Chennai: MDMK founder Vaiko on Thursday met Aam Aadmi Party's state leadership in Chennai, setting off speculation about a pact ahead of the May 16 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. Vaiko held a meeting with AAP state convenor Vaseegaran, in what MDMK described as a "courtesy call".
Later, talking to reporters, Vaiko heaped praise on Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal and said that the party's victory in the national capital was a "miracle in Indian political history".
The AAP came to power promising an end to corruption and being a transparent government and the Chief Minister was a "redeemer" whose party faced all kinds of "onslaught" from the Narendra Modi-led central government, Vaiko said.
Meanwhile, MDMK sources said that Vaiko's meeting with Vaseegaran was a "courtesy call" but they did not rule out prospects of an alliance.
The MDMK leader, also the coordinator of the four-party People's Welfare Front (PWF), had met Kejriwal in New Delhi in 2015.
The two had shared stage at that time during a protest against the Modi government's controversial land acquisition bill.
Vaiko has supported the demand for full statehood for Delhi and the neighbouring Puducherry.
The Vaiko-led PWF, whose other constituents are CPM, CPI and VCK, had clinched a poll pact with Vijayakanth's DMDK last week, allotting the actor-politician 124 of the 234 Assembly seats.
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