Four days after the AIADMK reported Edappadi K Palaniswami as the Chief Ministerial applicant shaped an 11-member controlling advisory group and different boards for the 2021 Assembly surveys, the principle resistance DMK on Sunday declared an eight-member council to set up the survey pronouncement for the forthcoming races.

As indicated by a statement by DMK general secretary Duraimurgan, DMK financier TR Baalu, senior MPs A Raja, TKS Ilangovan, Trichy N Siva, and Kanimozhi, and gathering appointee general secretaries Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan, Anthiyur Selvaraj, and Professor A. Ramaswamy is part of the panel.

While the AIADMK-led alliance, which includes BJP, PMK, and Captain Vijayakanth’s DMDK, considers the elections a tough challenge, the DMK’s electoral journey will be difficult if the Dravidian chief wants to retain his allies. Regarding the symbol used by the opposition coalition.

The issue of the symbol has become a matter of concern for coalition partners that Prashanth Kishore, DMK’s brand strategist, told MK Stalin while maintaining the maximum number of seats with DMK or sharing seats with allies.

The MDMK of Vaiko, one of the most popular Tamil nationalist leaders in the DMK alliance, said the party would contest an independent election, not the DMK election symbol this time.

In the last Lok Sabha elections, not only the MDMK but also the prominent Dalit party VCK had to contest on the symbol of the rising sun of the DMK inspired by the Dravidian chief.

VCK leader Thirumavalavan also claimed that his party’s candidates would contest free elections in the upcoming elections as they did since 2001 as part of the DMK alliance.

While the DMK alliance led by the Vaiko, Left, and Dalit parties was still able to win 98 seats against the AIADMK’s 136, due to the defeat of the main opposition party DMK for the second time in the May 2016 assembly elections, the victory of the opposition votes split was in favor.