The DMK-Congress seat-sharing talks for the upcoming Lok Sabha election began in Chennai with the national party pitching for “more than” the nine seats allotted to it in 2019 under the Secular Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu. The party had won eight seats as part of the DMK-led front five years ago, and lost in Theni. It, however, dismissed media reports that it had sought 21 seats.
Congress leaders described the meeting held at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters, as “positive and pleasant”.
The Congress delegation included the All India Congress Committee general secretary in-charge for Tamil Nadu, Ajoy Kumar; senior Congress leaders Mukul Wasnik and Salman Khurshid; TNCC president K.S. Alagiri; and Congress Legislature Party leader K. Selvaperunthagai.
