DMK and Congress vow to decimate NDA and win all seats in Tamil Nadu

The ruling DMK and Congress on Sunday decided to take local allies along and take on both the BJP and AIADMK in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls during their first round of talks on sharing of seats.

The two sides discussed a range of political issues and strategies but did not wish to disclose the finer details. The two parties also declined to disclose the number of seats each party tentatively agreed to share.

The Congress is reported to have asked for a dozen seats out of 39 LS seats in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry.


AICC negotiating committee organiser Mukul Wasnik, former union minister Salman Khushid, AICC TN in-charge Ajoy Kumar and TN Congress Committee president KS Alagiri participated in the talks.

After the talks, Khurshid said that the spirits and morale on both sides were very high. The DMK gave excellent suggestions to the Congress on the way forward. “I think everything is looking very positive and pointing in the right direction."

DMK leader TKS Elangovan said the INDIA bloc partners wanted the BJP to be out of power. “In Tamil Nadu, the alliance is very strong and we will win all 40 seats."

In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the secular progressive alliance (SPA) led by the DMK won 38 seats with the DMK leading with 24 seats followed by the Congress with eight seats. The NDA (AIADMK) won just one seat.