Amit Shah exudes confidence of NDA 'coalition government' in TN post Apr 6 polls

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Kanyakumari (TN), Mar 7 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit
Shah on Sunday launched his party's campaign for the April 6
Lok Sabha bypoll here and exuded confidence that the party
would not only win here, but that the NDA in Tamil Nadu would
emerge victorious in the Assembly elections too next month.
The BJP is part of the AIADMK-led National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) in Tamil Nadu and the party is contesting the
April 6 bypoll to the Kanyakumari parliamentary segment as
part of its seat-sharing agreement with the Dravidian party.
Single phase polls to 234 assembly seats in the state are
also scheduled on April 6, with arch rival AIADMK and DMK led
combines keen to ensure victory for the respective alliances.
Launching his "Vetri Kodi Eandhi Tamizhagam Velvom" (Will
Win Tamil Nadu Carrying the flag of victory) campaign from
Suseendiram in this district, Shah said he was confident that
a coalition government of the NDA will come to power in the
state after the April 6 assembly polls.
BJP has fielded former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan
for the Lok Sabha bypoll, necessitated due to the death of
Congress MP H Vasantha Kumar last year due to COVID-19.
Kicking off his party's campaign with Radhakrishnan,state
BJP chief L Murugan and other senior state BJP leaders in tow,
Shah said he visited 11 houses to "convey Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's message."
Addressing reporters, he said "we have started the
campaign to take the BJP's Lotus symbol door-to-door," and
appealed to the public and the voters to elect Radhakrishnan
as the party "needs him."
"I am sure about the outcome (of the polls), looking at
the excitement of the people", both in Kanyakumari Lok Sabha
seat as well in the Assembly polls, he said, implying that the
NDA would emerge victorious in the hustings.
"I am confident that a coalition government of
AIADMK-BJP-PMK will be formed (after the Assembly polls)," he
added.
AIADMK has also sealed its seat-sharing agreement with Dr
S Ramadoss-led Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), apportioning it 23
seats.
Shah also distributed pamphlets, interacted with local
people and took pictures with some of them.
Later, he embarked on a road show at Nagercoil in the
district, travelling in an open van and canvassing votes for
his party, amidst cries of "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vetrivel
Veeravel", the latter slogan being dedicated to the Tamil
deity, Lord Muruga.
Shah also garlanded a statue of Congress veteran and
former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu K Kamaraj, an architect of
education reforms in the state and a leader respected across
party lines.
The ruling AIADMK and the BJP in Tamil Nadu had on Friday
clinched a seat-sharing deal, with the former, the lead
partner, allocating 20 Assembly seats for its saffron ally and
the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat.
BJP has nominated Radhakrishnan from here. Though he won
from the same segment in 2014, he lost to Kumar five years
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