Congress forms five-member panel for seat sharing talks with DMK for 2026 Assembly election

A five-member committee, comprising All India Congress Committee (AICC) successful complaint for Tamil Nadu and Pudhucherry Girish Chodankar, enactment leaders Suraj Hegde and Nivedith Alva, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K. Selvaperunthagai, and Congress legislative enactment person S. Rajeshkumar, has been reportedly formed to behaviour spot sharing negotiations with the DMK enactment for the 2026 Assembly election.

Congress sources said the authoritative connection would beryllium sent to DMK president and Chief Minister M.K Stalin soon.

A elder TNCC person said the connection seemed to person been sent aft the DMK reportedly urged the AICC enactment to enactment an extremity to speculation implicit the continuation of INDIA bloc successful Tamil Nadu. “With the predetermination conscionable a fewer months away, the DMK had expressed their interest implicit the information that the speculation that the Congress could spell with the TVK had a destablising effect. And hence, it was deemed indispensable to cement the alliance,” a elder person said.

Sources successful the TNCC said each matters related to the confederation — much seats and besides astir the request for the Congress to beryllium portion of a conjugation authorities — would beryllium discussed and settled amicably.