People's Democratic Front launched

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, MARCH 19. A new political front, People's Democratic Front (PDF), consisting of nine small parties, was formally launched in the city today.

Addressing a press conference after the launch, the Puratchi Thalaivar Anna DMK treasurer, Mr. Raja Mohammed, said, the new front would be headed by his party. It would take on the DMK-led front as well as the AIADMK-led front in the Assembly election. More parties were likely to join the front in the next few weeks, he claimed. Mr.Raja Mohammed said it would contest in all 234 constituencies. ``It had already prepared an action plan which would be placed before the electorate''.

Apart from the Puratchi Thalaivar Anna DMK, the Nationalist Congress Party, the United Communist Party of India, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Lok Jana Sakthi, the Bhahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party, the Tamil Thannurimai Iyakkam and Tamil Maanila Vakkalar Peravai are the constituents.

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