Congress finalised its seat-sharing take care of the DMK for the Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, introduced the social gathering’s normal secretary KC Venugopal on Saturday. As per the deal, Congress will contest 9 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in Puducherry.
The seat-sharing formulation for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections stays unchanged from the settlement the 2 events reached in 2019. Within the 2019 normal elections, the DMK-led alliance gained 38 of the 39 Lok Sabha seats.
Congress bagged eight of the 9 seats it contested then.
KC Venugopal on Saturday mentioned Congress will help the candidates fielded by its allies within the remaining 30 seats.
“DMK and Congress will fight together, go together and win together,” mentioned Venugopal. He expressed confidence that the candidates fielded by the alliance would win all 40 seats.
The Congress chief attacked the central authorities and alleged that it was “attacking” the states dominated by opposition events.
“Under the leadership of Chief Minister MK Stalin, Tamil Nadu is fighting against the divisive forces of the country, and the anti-federal attitude of the union government. We are all aware of how the union government is attacking opposition-ruled states,” mentioned Venugopal.
He additional alleged that the BJP was attempting to assault the pleasure of Tamil Nadu and added, “It’s important to fight the divisive, anti-people politics of the BJP.”
The seat-sharing settlement got here on the day that Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) joined the DMK-led alliance for campaigning within the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The actor mentioned his social gathering won’t contest the polls however will prolong its help to the alliance.
Final month, the ruling DMK allotted two Lok Sabha seats every to the CPI and CPI (M).