PMK denies reports about parleys with AIADMK

Chennai, Feb 26 (PTI) Days after clinching a poll accordwith Tamil Nadu''s ruling DMK, PMK today said it was notinvolved in any parleys with AIADMK and charged a section ofthe media with trying to ''demean'' its alliance with DMK.

"The reports had claimed that a day before the accord wassigned, second-rung leaders of PMK and AIADMK had met whenAIADMK had reportedly offered some constituencies, which isnothing but rumour. There is not even an iota of truth in thisand PMK and AIADMK leaders were never involved in parleys",PMK president G K Mani said in a statement here.

He charged a section of the media with trying to ''demean''its poll tie-up with DMK and said they were carrying reports''aimed at maligning PMK.''

They intended to create ''confusion'' by claiming MKarunanidhi had subsequently arrived at a hurried deal withPMK. Such reports were not true, he said.

The deal was clinched at a one-off meeting between PMKfounder S Ramadoss and DMK chief M Karunanidhi, he added.

DMK had allotted 31 seats to PMK for coming Assemblyelections when Ramadoss had met Karunanidhi on February 18.

PMK had fought the 2009 Lok Sabha polls as part of theAIADMK-led front.