Seat-sharing Talks Clean, No Stalemate, Say DMK’s Allies

Denying any glitches in seat-sharing talks with the ruling DMK, the Congress unit in Tamil Nadu and one other ally, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, on Saturday mentioned {that a} seat-sharing pact could be signed quickly, amidst a stalemate in discussions.

The allies additionally indicated that the parleys with the Dravidian main have been clean.

“Who mentioned they (DMK) are unwilling to allot seats to us? The talks with the DMK are clean and pleasant. We are going to quickly finalise the numbers,” TNCC chief Ok Selvaperunthagai advised reporters right here.

When requested to specify the variety of seats provided to the grand previous celebration, Selvaperunthagai shot again saying all of the 40 Lok Sabha seats (together with the lone Puducherry constituency) in Tamil Nadu had been the Congress seats and the celebration would battle the upcoming ballot in that spirit.

Requested if the DMK declined to allot the precise quantity sought by the Congress, he mentioned his celebration’s excessive command was in contact with the DMK management and the numbers could be finalised quickly.

Talking in an identical vein, VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan mentioned his celebration couldn’t resume the second spherical of negotiations with the DMK in the present day as a result of its high-level committee assembly which mentioned quite a few points associated to the Lok Sabha ballot. “So, we couldn’t sustain our appointment this afternoon,” he mentioned.

Thirumavalavan advised reporters right here that the VCK would demand 4 seats from the ruling celebration and exuded hope that their want could be conceded. On February 29, the DMK finalised the seat-sharing settlement with the Left events, assigning two constituencies every to the CPI and CPI (M).

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