Chennai, March 14 While TVK senior leader C T R Nirmal Kumar on Saturday denied any scope for an alliance with the NDA, multiple party sources said that internal discussions, led by party General Secretary N Anand, were ongoing to explore bringing together "Vijay's charisma and the strength of seasoned parties," to provide electoral synergy and ensure a resounding victory.
Among the points being debated is the electoral viability of TVK joining hands with the AIADMK-BJP combine "to replicate in Tamil Nadu the Pawan Kalyan-led Janasena-TDP government model" of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
Sections within the party strongly advocate going solo, invoking the legacy of MGR and emerging as a winner like him.
BJP state chief Nainar Nagenthran, when asked whether talks for an alliance with the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam were ongoing, declined to provide a direct reply, further fueling speculation on social media. Nagenthran neither denied nor agreed.
"You are concerned about the alliance, and I am concerned about the people's issues, especially the failure of law and order in the state and lack of safety for women," Nagenthran told reporters here.
Dismissing reports of negotiations for an alliance with the NDA as "rumours," TVK's Joint General Secretary C T R Nirmal Kumar said that the virtual meeting with the party’s district secretaries held on March 13 was to assess the strengths and alliance prospects.
"There is no scope for an alliance with the NDA. We have already made it clear that the BJP is our ideological enemy," Nirmal Kumar told