Saturday, March 4 2006 13:36 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Chennai: Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) was today (Mar 4,2006)offered 35 seats by the ruling AIADMK for the May 8 polls to the Tamil Nadu assembly, the Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa announced here today.

The seat-sharing deal was finalised when the MDMK general secretary Vaiko called on Jayalalithaa at her Poes Garden residence in the city, at around 1145 hours. After a 45-minute meeting between the two, Jayalalithaa told reporters that all other matters like POTA issue were things of the past. (Vaiko was detained under POTA for over an year during her current regime).

"We are here on a positive note, on a positive matter and we will be making only positive statements," she said.

Vaiko said the AIADMK-led alliance would 'sweep' the polls.

"This is the finest hour in the political history of Tamil Nadu. The alliance is a formidable one," he said.