'Power-sharing is essential': Cong presses DMK again after Stalin's red line in Tamil Nadu

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manickam Tagore connected Saturday pushed his party’s request for a larger stock of seats successful its confederation with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, led by main curate MK Stalin, up of the Tamil Nadu assembly elections. He said the Congress was seeking constituencies that the DMK had mislaid successful the 2021 polls and emphasised that "power-sharing was essential" successful state's governance.

However, days earlier, Stalin ruled retired the anticipation of sharing powerfulness with allies.Tagore’s remarks came successful effect to comments made by DMK person and authorities curate RS Raja Kannappan successful Madurai connected February 13, wherever helium asserted that the DMK would contention 170 constituencies and triumph 160 seats successful the upcoming election.Reacting to the statement, Tagore, the MP from Virudhunagar, said successful a station connected X: “In 2021, you contested successful 173 seats and secured 133.

What we are asking (now) are the seats which you failed to win.”He further underlined the Congress’s presumption connected governance, saying, “Power sharing is necessary. The stock successful powerfulness is our right. The radical volition decide,” portion sharing a video clip of Raja Kannappan’s speech.In the video, Raja Kannappan ruled retired the anticipation of a conjugation government, expressing assurance that the DMK would independently unafraid 160 seats.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly has 234 seats, and the DMK-Congress confederation had won 151 seats successful the 2021 elections.Days earlier, CM Stalin powerfully ruled retired sharing powerfulness with allies, portion maintaining that the confederation with the Congress remained “intact” and escaped of confusion. “We besides cognize that it volition not enactment successful Tamil Nadu; they (Congress) cognize it too. It is simply a occupation created by immoderate people. They are deliberately conspiring to spot if determination volition beryllium a rift successful the alliance.

We are not disquieted astir it. Rahul Gandhi is not disquieted either,” Stalin said.Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K Selvaperunthagai announced successful Chennai that ceremonial confederation talks betwixt the Congress and the DMK would statesman connected February 22. He asserted that the INDIA bloc remained agreed contempt attempts by the Bharatiya Janata Party to weaken the alliance.“The predetermination process is going very, precise smoothly. Negotiations are ongoing, and we are going to commencement connected February 22. Nothing the BJP is reasoning volition happen. The BJP wants to propulsion idiosyncratic retired of the INDIA confederation to divided the ballot bank, but it volition not happen. We are intact with the alliance,” Selvaperunthagai told reporters.Responding to remarks by actor-politician Vijay, who precocious said “SOP” successful Tamil Nadu stood for “Stalin Operating Procedure,” Selvaperunthagai said specified procedures were communal crossed each governmental parties.