MDMK chief Vaiko meets Narendra Modi

Chennai, Feb 9:

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, whose party has announced a tie-up with BJP for Lok Sabha elections, met the party's Prime Ministerial candidate

at a hotel here. Modi and Vaiko discussed the former's rally, where the Gujarat Chief Minister had torn into Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram for questioning his knowledge of economics, a party statement said quoting the meeting which was held last night.

Vaiko told Modi that the BJp alone would win 250-272 Lok Sabha seats

Vaiko told Modi that BJP alone would win around 250-272 Lok Sabha seats, it said, adding the MDMK leader also sought for Modi's dates to lead a farmers' convention in Erode district, which was being coordinated by his party's Lok Sabha MP A Ganeshamurthi. While Vaiko did not participate in the Vandalur public rally here last evening addressed by Modi, he had sent senior leader Mallai Sathya on his behalf.

Meanwhile, the BJP said on Sunday that it didn't explore the possibility of organising a meeting between Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa

Modi had visited Tamil Nadu in September and October last year. He didn't meet Jayalalithaa either time.

PTI