Trouble in alliance, Congress KS Alagiri in tears after DMK shames Congress in seat-sharing ANI | Updated: Mar 05, 2021 18:31 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 5 (ANI): With just a month left in Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, cracks are appearing in the Congress-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) alliance in the state.
Sources inside Congress told ANI, Tamil NaduCongress president KS Alagiri broke down in front of party members after feeling humiliated by DMK during the seat-sharing discussion. KS Alagiri was addressing the executive committee members of Congress when he breakdown in tears and said DMK have shamed Congress in seat sharing. He said he had not felt such shame in his lifetime, the source said.
Ahead of the Kerala Assembly polls, Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala on Friday said that the seat-sharing agreement between the parties in the United Democratic Front (UDF) will be finalised within a day. Seat sharing talks are progressing. We are on the last lap. We will finalise the list by today or tomorrow, he said. For candidates list, the screening committee will meet and go to Delhi for the Central Election Committee (meet), he said on seat sharing and candidates announcement for the State Assembly polls. UDF led by Congress comprises of Indian Union Muslim League, Kerala Congress (Joseph), Revolutionary Socialist Party, and a variety of other smaller parties. The front is a part of the United Progressive Alliance at the national level.
With just a month left in Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, cracks are appearing in the Congress-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) alliance in the state. Sources inside Congress told ANI, Tamil Nadu Congress president KS Alagiri broke down in front of party members after feeling humiliated by DMK during the seat-sharing discussion.
Including the CPI, the M K Stalin-led Dravidian party has concluded poll pacts with four of its allies so far and an understanding with the Marxist party is expected soon.
Updated Mar 05, 2021 | 13:54 IST
The Congress, which was allocated 41 seats in the 2016 state elections, wants at least 50 seats this time around. Stalemate in DMK-Congress seat-sharing talks
Key Highlights
Congress reportedly wants 50 seats at least
DMK is inclined to give a maximum of 25 seats to the Congress
Chennai: The stalemate between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress over seat-sharing for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 continued on Friday, with the latter saying an agreement was expected to be reached today or tomorrow.
Senior Congress leader Verappa Moily today said in Chennai that seat-sharing talks with the DMK were continuing and that the same will be finalised either today or tomorrow.