Chennai: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Congress have sealed the pact, with the latter set to contest 28 assembly seats in the forthcoming assembly election in Tamil Nadu. Besides, the grand old party has also been offered one Rajya Sabha seat.
While it is still unclear how many seats the DMK will contest, as allocations have to be made to other allies as well, several rounds of negotiations took place between the two allies to finalize seat sharing. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge reportedly spoke to DMK chief M K Stalin over the phone to discuss the matter.
In Tamil Nadu, which has a total of 234 assembly seats, Congress was adamant about contesting no fewer than 30 seats under any circumstances. To resolve the seat-sharing formula with the DMK, the party entrusted former Union Minister and senior leader P Chidambaram with the responsibility.
Seat-sharing discussion was also held between DMK and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Chennai for the upcoming polls. The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has also allocated one Rajya Sabha seat to its ally, the DMDK. Details of the Assembly seats to be allocated to DMDK haven’t yet been shared.
