NTK cadre want Seeman to seek AIADMK, DMK support for Ambasamudram byelection

NTK chief coordinator Seeman. | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan

NTK chief coordinator Seeman’s decision to contest in the Ambasamudram Assembly bypoll (when notified) has set off a debate among the party’s senior office-bearers whether it should seek the support of the DMK and the AIADMK for fielding him as the “common candidate”.

A senior party office-bearer said Mr. Seeman had been facing “pressure” internally to reach out to the leadership of the DMK and the AIADMK and ask for support. “Though it is a longshot, our office-bearers are putting pressure on him to reach out to the other parties. Mr. Seeman has explained to them that such a move would go against the fundamental position of the NTK,” an office-bearer said.