Congress Will get 9 Seats In Tamil Nadu As DMK Repeats 2019 Components

The Congress had received 9 out of the ten seats it fought in 2019 in Tamil Nadu. (FILE)

Chennai:

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s get together DMK has finalised a seat-sharing pact with its ally Congress. The get together has allotted 9 seats to its INDIA bloc ally in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry – a rerun of DMK’s 2019 formulation that had led it to a sweeping victory. The Congress had received 9 out of the ten seats it fought in 2019. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats.

MK Stalin and Tamil Nadu Congress Committee chief Okay Selvaperunthagai finalised the deal, within the presence of senior Congress leaders KC Venugopal and Ajoy Kumar.

Mr Venugopal asserted the DMK-led mix would win all 40 seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and mentioned the ‘bonding’ between the Congress and the DMK “is unbroken.” “We’ll combat collectively and win collectively,” he mentioned.

Tamil Nadu’s ruling get together has been following its 2019 mannequin religiously whereas finalising seat-sharing pacts with most of its allies. On Friday, it allotted two seats – each reserved constituencies – to Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) and the Vaiko-led MDMK was given one. VCK will contest from Chidambaram and Villupuram, the 2 seats it represents within the present Lok Sabha.

The get together had sought a minimum of three seats, together with a basic class one, however settled for 2 reserved constituencies contemplating the political state of affairs in Tamil Nadu and India and protecting in thoughts the necessity to make sure the DMK-led alliance wins this time additionally, VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan mentioned.

The DMK had allotted a Lok Sabha constituency and one Rajya Sabha seat to MDMK through the 2019 polls and Vaiko was elected to the Higher Home then.

With the announcement on the pact with Congres, the DMK – that leads the multi-party Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) in Tamil Nadu – has sealed offers with all its allies  – CPI (M), CPI, IUML and KMDK, moreover VCK and MDMK.

Earlier within the day, actor Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) joined the ruling DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu and prolonged its assist for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. His get together has been given one seat for the 2025 Rajya Sabha polls. This was finalised throughout a gathering between Mr Haasan and Mr Stalin.  In line with the understanding arrived at by the 2 leaders, MNM will do campaign-related work within the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

The DMK-led alliance had registered a dominant victory within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, profitable 38 out of the 39 seats within the state and the lone Puducherry section. The thirty ninth seat was received by the AIADMK, which was then allied with the BJP and different regional outfits.

The BJP – which has historically struggled for traction within the state – continues to be and not using a main associate in Tamil Nadu after the AIADMK walked out of the Nationwide Democratic Alliance in September.