seat-sharing agreement, Virdi stated that the party would contest the four Lok Sabha seats on its own. The Sanjha Morcha had been formed ahead of the 2012 Legislative Assembly election, as a non-Congress/non-BJP alliance consisting of the People's Party of Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal), CPI(M) and CPI. Seat-sharing talks broke down on 28 February 2014 as information emerged that the PPP had held negotiations with the Indian National Congress. Balbir Singh Jadla and Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon were included in the 'first list' released by the CPI(M) Central Committee. Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon is the general secretary of the Punjab Kisan Sabha. Balbir Singh Jadla is a member of the Punjab State Committee of the party. On 3 April 2014 the party announced a third candidate in Punjab, the teacher Joginder Singh Aulakh contesting the Sangrur seat. Rajasthan The candidates of the party in Rajasthan includes veteran leader, Central Committee member and former Member of Legislative Assembly Amraram. The party fought the elections as a constituent of the Rajasthan Loktantrik Morcha, a front consisting of CPI(M), CPI, Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (United) and Janata Dal (Secular). Tamil Nadu After six rounds of seat-sharing talks with AIADMK for the Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry failed to bear fruit, CPI(M) and CPI opted to make an alliance of their own. On 14 March 2014 the two parties held a joint press conference in Chennai, declaring that each of the parties would contest nine Lok Sabha seats each. This was the first time a formalised poll pact had been reached between the two parties in Tamil Nadu. At the press conference it was stated that CPI(M) would put up candidates in the Coimbatore, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Chennai (North), Dindigul, Tiruchi, Virudhunagar, Villupuram (SC) and Thanjavur seats. On 17 March 2014 the party released the names of its nine candidates in the state. The list includes incumbent MP P.R. Natarajan, former MP A.V. Bellarmin and K. Samuel Raj, general secretary of the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front. U. Vasuki was fielded for the Chennai North seat, where the party concentrated its campaign on issues like sea incursion affecting the lives of local fishermen. Tripura In Tripura, where CPI(M) had won both Lok Sabha seats in the 2009 election, the party decided to field two new candidates. Sankar Prasad Dutta is the state general secretary of CITU and a member of the CPI(M) Tripura