PUDUCHERRY: PMC founder leader P Kannan is in New Delhi on the behest of AICC leaders who are expected to meet him sometime this week. The point of interest here is whether the Rajya Sabha seat gets alloted to PMC
to honour the role played by the party during the Lok Sabha elections in support of Congress candidate V Narayanasamy.
The party, though has expressed the desire for the Rajya Sabha seat, has not set it as a precondition for the support to Congress by working out a formal agreement, though some understanding had been reached. The terms and conditions of the agreement though has not been visible, yet it is expected that the Congress might want the PMC to merge with the Congress, the party from which Kannan broke away in the past.
With several problems faced by the party including infighting, some complaints of anti-party activities by supporters of former Chief Minister N Rangasamy, the local leaders here are desirous of Kannan joining back into the fold and strengthening the base of the party through his well-known capabilities before the Assembly elections due in 2011. A reflection of Kannan’s capabilities was seen during the Kamarajar birth anniversary celebrations, when the garlanding of statue by PMC led by MLA K Lakshminarayanan was much grand (more turn out) as compared to Congress which was led by Puducherry Pradesh Congress President A V Subramanian.
Despite the relations being good between the Congress and DMK, Puducherry Congress wants to be free from being dependent on the support of DMK for their survival, by getting the PMC on their side in the Assembly. Whether the PMC would be willing to merge and if yes on what conditions. If not whether the Congress would still consider offering the Rajya Sabha seat to PMC is expected to unfold in the next few days.