Chennai, March 27 -- Puthiya Tamilagam Founder K Krishnasamy on Friday asserted that his party took up many efforts to ally with BJP and AIADMK, to root out the existing DMK government in Tamil Nadu in the upcoming state elections.

Speaking to ANI, Krishnasamy stated that his party will contest on 60 to 70 seats independently, and will release its first list on Sunday.

"To root out the existing DMK Govt, Puthiya Tamilagam took so many efforts to forge a big alliance with AIADMK and BJP. Even though AIADMK is very weak in southern districts, they are not ready to forge alliance with Puthiya Tamilagam party, which is a formidable force in Southern districts. We don't want to go and surrender our dignity. So, we planned to contest alone in...