DMK finalises seat-sharing for LS polls; Congress gets 9 seats in TN, 1 in Puducherry
DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin and TNCC chief K Selvaperunthagai finalised the deal.
Congress leader KC Venugopal (3rd right), Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President K Selvaperunthagai (4th right) and other leaders meet Tamil Nadu CM and DMK President MK Stalin (2nd right) to seal a seat-sharing deal ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, at Sathyamurthi Bhavan, in Chennai, on Saturday, March 9. PTI
The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday (March 9) allotted 10 seats in the state and neighbouring Puducherry to the Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
This is a repeat of the 2019 seat-sharing formula. The Dravidian party gave Congress nine seats in Tamil Nadu, besides the lone Puducherry segment.
DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin and TNCC chief K Selvaperunthagai finalised the deal, in the presence of AICC leaders KC Venugopal and Ajoy Kumar.
Addressing reporters, Venugopal exuded confidence in the DMK-led combine winning all 40 seats in TN and Puducherry and said the 'bonding' between the Congress and the DMK "is intact."