Erode, April 11 -- Union Minister and Republican Party of India Chief Ramdas Athawale has said that he demanded 3-4 seats for his party within the NDA for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections but was denied by AIADMK Chief Edappadi Palaniswami.

Speaking to ANI on Friday, Athawale said that his party is contesting on 18 seats outside the National Democratic Alliance but will continue to support the NDA on the rest of the seats.

"My party, the Republican Party, is also one of the members of the NDA... But in this election, RPI demanded 3-4 seats, but the NDA has not given the seats to RPI. Edappadi Palaniswami, former Chief Minister, can't give the seats to the RPI. Therefore, we are contesting in only 18 seats and in another 216 seats, our ...