‘No Fissures in DMK-Congress Alliance’
This comes at a time when seat-sharing talks between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Congress have hit several roadblocks. Senior Congress party leaders said on Friday that they may contest elections alone if DMK refuses to give them more than 18 seats to contest. While the Congress had asked for 30 seats, the DMK has been adamant that it can offer only 18.
DMK sources told The Quint they are looking to offer 27 seats, including four Rajya Sabha seats. Congress leaders told they will finalise talks by Saturday.
Karti Chidambaram clarified that, “Communication is very much on between DMK and Congress. We have been in an alliance for more than 15-20 years. We have contested in many elections. There is anti incumbency against the AIADMK government and I think the DMK-Congress alliance will win this election.”
He pointed out that unlike the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress party enjoys the support of the people of Tamil…