Chennai, May 30 -- Founder of PMK (NDA ally) S Ramadoss on Thursday said that though he wanted to remain in an alliance with the AIADMK, his son and Rajya Sabha MP Anbumani Ramadoss and his wife wanted to align with the BJP.

"I wanted an alliance with AIADMK for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections," Ramadoss said at a press conference held at his residence in Thailapuram. "But suddenly, Anbumani and his wife Sowmya came to Thailapuram and cried to me, and held my legs insisting on an alliance with the BJP.. An AIADMK-PMK alliance would have been a natural one. Had it materialised, PMK might have won three seats and AIADMK seven. We could have won 10 seats together. Anbumani said that if we were to refuse a BJP alliance, I should be the one to t...