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The Congress precocious bid is believed to person communicated to the DMK that its spot was being underestimated by the elder state successful Tamil Nadu — portion it was allotted 41 Assembly seats successful 2016, this fig was reduced to 25 successful the past election.
Congress sources successful New Delhi and Chennai claimed that enactment person Rahul Gandhi had expressed his displeasure to DMK Parliamentary Party person Kanimozhi Karunanidhi erstwhile she met him successful New Delhi recently. “Rahul said that the Congress’s spot was being underestimated by the DMK. He has demanded 41 seats... akin to what was allotted to the enactment successful 2016,” a root said.
Girish Chodankar, caput of the Tamil Nadu Congress’s spot dialog committee, is reportedly driving a hard bargain, according to State sources, and would pb the negotiations with the DMK, which is expected to represent a committee to sermon spot sharing with the allies.
“The request for a stock successful powerfulness is decidedly connected the table... the Congress enactment successful New Delhi feels that erstwhile a supposedly undemocratic [Prime Minister] Modi tin see his allies successful the government, wherefore can’t the DMK bash the same? Ms. Kanimozhi has seemingly explained it wouldn’t enactment successful Tamil Nadu and it would weaken the alliance, and that these discussions could beryllium had aft the elections,” sources said.
