The Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), in its special general body meeting on Thursday, February 1, 2024, resolved to contest the upcoming elections to the Lok Sabha in alliance with other parties. The party adopted a resolution, giving powers to decide on alliance partners, to its founder S. Ramadoss.
Addressing the meeting earlier, Dr. Ramadoss said that though the party was capable of winning at least seven Lok Sabha seats if it were to contest alone, this was not an apt time to avoid alliances. Stating that the party had been gearing up for the elections over the last year, he urged functionaries and cadres to ensure victory for the party in at least 10 Lok Sabha constituencies.
Highlighting the need for the PMK to come to power, party president Anbumani Ramadoss said Tamil Nadu had benefited greatly when the party was part of the Union government earlier. He pointed out various measures, including the introduction of 108 ambulance services, the ban on smoking in public, and various health and railway infrastructure projects for Tamil Nadu that were implemented when he was Union Health Minister and R. Velu was Union Minister of State for Railways between 2004 and 2009.
