Sunil Shastri to support Jayalalithaa in TN poll

Friday, April 7, 2006, 17:35 [IST]

New Delhi, Apr 7 (UNI) The Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Mazdoor Congress today announced that it would support the AIADMK led by Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the ensuing assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.

Party president Sunil Shastri told mediapersons here that he had already written to Ms Jayalalithaa in this connection.

He said the party had decided not to contest the elections in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it was decided to support the AIADMK.

Mr Shastri said the party has a cadre base of 77,000 in Tamil Nadu.

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