File photo of DMDK chief Vijayakanth
Amid continuing deadlock in BJP's alliance over identification of seats, its main partner DMDK, headed by actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth, released its first list of candidates on Friday for five Lok Saba constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
In a brief announcement, the DMDK, on its official TV channel "Captain News", listed five candidates and the BJP did not react to the announcement.
The Madurai Lok Sabha seat will be contested by Sivamuthukumar (Madurai city district secretary) while A M G Vijayakumar (DMDK Students wing secretary) will try his luck from Tiruchirapalli.
While Soundarapandian (Secretary Desiya Mupokku Thozirsanga Peravai) will fight the election from North Chennai, Maheswaran (students' wing former deputy secretary) will be fielded from Namakkal. V Yuvaraj (North Chennai district secretary) will contest from Tiruvallur.
As part of the alliance with BJP, speculation is rife that DMDK will fight 14 Lok Sabha seats.