Congress, DMK hold seat-sharing talks; Refuse to divulge details

With the general elections just a few months away, the ruling DMK and Congress held the first round of seat-sharing talks in Chennai on Sunday.

They decided to take local allies along and challenge both BJP and AIADMK in the polls. They discussed a range of issues and strategies but refused to disclose the number of seats each party tentatively agreed to share.

Congress is reportedly seeking a dozen seats out of 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry.


AICC representatives Mukul Wasnik, Salman Khushid, AICC's TN in-charge Ajoy Kumar and TN Congress chief KS Alagiri participated in the talks.

Later, Khurshid said the "spirit and morale on both sides were high. DMK gave excellent suggestions to Congress on the way forward". DMK's TKS Elangovan said the INDIA bloc partners wanted BJP to be out of power. "In Tamil Nadu, the alliance is strong and we will win all 40 seats."