Ahead of T.N. Assembly polls, Congress MP calls for sharing of power, not just seats

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B. Manickam Tagore.

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Congress MP B. Manickam Tagore has amplified the request by definite governmental parties, including a conception of leaders from the Congress successful Tamil Nadu, for the sharing of powerfulness among confederation partners successful the Tamil Nadu government.

In a societal media post, the Virudhunagar MP said, “Now is not conscionable the clip to sermon the sharing of seats, but besides the sharing of power.”

He said this portion sharing different societal media station connected a ballot stock survey study by a backstage organisation, which had listed the ballot stock of each governmental enactment successful the State.

Mr. Tagore disputed the numbers mentioned successful the post, claiming they did not bespeak the existent ballot stock of not conscionable the Congress party, but besides that of different parties. However, helium said the societal media station lone indicated that nary enactment could triumph the Assembly predetermination successful Tamil Nadu without the enactment of confederation partners.

The Congress MP’s remarks travel astatine a clip erstwhile a fewer governmental parties, specified arsenic the DMDK and Puthiya Tamilagam, person demanded the sharing of powerfulness among confederation parties.

The ruling DMK and the main Opposition enactment AIADMK person openly expressed their basal against the sharing of powerfulness successful the State government.

A Congress functionary said Mr. Tagore has lone expressed the wishes of the Congress precocious bid and that of the Congress cadres. “We are bored of a specified electoral confederation that is restricted to seat-sharing. We besides privation to stock powerfulness successful the State,” helium said.

He added the Congress has already shared with the DMK its volition connected powerfulness sharing. “Let the DMK precocious bid respond to it,” helium added.

Former Union Minister and elder Congress person P. Chidambaram precocious said the nationalist enactment would spell with the DMK successful the Assembly predetermination adjacent arsenic a conception of the enactment functionaries were for forming an confederation with the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) arsenic its laminitis Vijay has agreed to stock powerfulness with confederation parties.

Published - January 05, 2026 06:31 p.m. IST

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