Seat-sharing no longer on schedule, says Cong on assembly with DMK leader, Alagiri
December 2, 2020 10:07:38 pm
Senior DMK leaders TR Balu, Okay Ponmudy, Duraimurugan and KN Nehru have been additionally provide on the assembly.
Amid buzz of a seat-sharing deal forward of the state elections subsequent yr, All India Congress Committee in-charge of Tamil Nadu Dinesh Gundu Rao referred to as on Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader MK Stalin on the party headquarters in Chennai. They have been accompanied by means of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee chief KS Alagiri.
Senior DMK leaders TR Balu, Okay Ponmudy, Duraimurugan and KN Nehru have been additionally provide on the assembly.
The assembly lasted for lower than half-an-hour. Chatting with journalists, Rao mentioned, “I do know the media has been speculating so much about this assembly. However our schedule was once other. We met DMK president MK Stalin to talk about Rahul Gandhi Ji’s programme in Tamil Nadu. We invited him to enroll in our marketing campaign.”
“The DMK management has agreed to take part in a few of our occasions over the following few weeks. Seat-sharing was once no longer at the schedule as of late, it was once no longer mentioned on the assembly. Our assembly was once about strengthening the organisation, discussing marketing campaign methods and assessing the place we stand in Tamil Nadu,” Rao mentioned.
Alagiri reiterated that the assembly was once extra about inviting the DMK chief for Rahul Gandhi’s marketing campaign in Tamil Nadu and there may be nonetheless time to talk about seat-sharing.
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In November, Rao mentioned Congress received’t cut price for seats with the DMK, including the result of the Bihar polls received’t have an have an effect on in Tamil Nadu.
Assets on the subject of the Congress top command mentioned the party is within the strategy of figuring out winnable constituencies within the state and received’t be asking to contest as many seats because it did within the closing Meeting elections.
In 2016, Congress contested 41 constituencies as a part of the seat-sharing association with the DMK and controlled to win simply 8. Within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the grand outdated party was once allotted 9 seats of which they received 8.
