DMDK's Premalatha confident about second term for PM Modi

DMDK leader Premalatha Vijayakanth Monday exuded confidence about Prime Minister Narendra Modi getting a second term, as she predicted a win for the AIADMK-led alliance in the bypolls to 22 assembly seats in Tamil Nadu.

The treasurer of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, which is part of the AIADMK-led coalition along with the BJP and PMK, also sought to playdown the meeting between DMK leader M K Stalin and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao here, terming it a "casual visit."

"It is sure that PM Modi would be elected again. When he assumes office, on behalf of AIADMK-led coalition and DMDK, we would be meeting the PM to raise the foremost demand to interlink rivers," the wife of actor and DMDK chief Vijayakanth told reporters here.

Referring to yearly water crisis in Tamil Nadu, she said the party would also seek schemes aimed at restoration of groundwater and rainwater harvesting from the PM.

In the last two years, the northeast monsoon rainfall has been .