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CPI-M state unit secretray G Ramakrishnan said various parties inlcuding the Left were fighting from the AIADMK-led alliance to defeat the `scam-tainted` DMK-Congress combine.
"All these parties are fighting from a common platform to defeat the DMK for its anti-people policies in which MDMK has an important part to play. Their decision to not contest the election is regrettable,`` he said in a statement.
Holding that it was important to defeat the DMK-Congress combine, he urged MDMK to reconsider his decision and play an `important part in the democratic struggle.`
The Left parties, DMDK and some smaller outfits are all part of the AIADMK-led front.
Following differences in seat-sharing with its lead partner AIADMK, MDMK today decided not to participate in the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.