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The five-member committee constituted by the Congress precocious bid to clasp talks with the DMK for the 2026 Assembly elections volition clasp an interior gathering astatine the enactment headquarters, Sathyamurthy Bhavan, connected Sunday (November 23, 2025).
The committee comprises All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Girish Chodankar, enactment leaders Suraj Hegde and Nivedith Alva, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K. Selvaperunthagai, and Congress Legislature Party person S. Rajeshkumar.
“We volition clasp a gathering to chalk retired the modalities for the talks with the DMK, and conscionable the DMK leaders adjacent week,” Mr. Selvaperunthagai said.
Chidambaram welcomes panel
Former Union Minister and elder Congress person P. Chidambaram, successful a societal media post, had welcomed the enactment of the committee, saying it would enactment an extremity to speculation astir alliances. He was hinting astatine rumours that the Congress mightiness articulation hands with histrion Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK).
Mr. Chidambaram said the announcement had strengthened the unity of the INDIA bloc.
On seat-sharing
When asked whether the enactment would question a larger stock of seats successful the elections, Mr. Selvaperunthagai said the substance would beryllium decided astatine the committee gathering scheduled for Sunday.
Reiterating that the constituents of the INDIA bloc unneurotic commanded astir 50% of the ballot stock successful Tamil Nadu, Mr. Selvaperunthagai said the introduction of Vijay’s TVK would enactment successful favour of the DMK and its allies successful the election.
“He whitethorn unafraid a definite percent of anti-incumbency votes, successful summation to the enactment of young voters. These 2 factors volition beryllium advantageous for us,” helium said.
Mr. Selvaperunthagai rejected the statement that the Congress’s caller inability to triumph elections successful bluish States and successful Bihar would impact the DMK-Congress confederation successful Tamil Nadu. “The BJP, with the enactment of the Election Commission, removed genuine voters who would person voted for the Congress and its confederation partners. But its designs volition not win successful the confederate States, peculiarly successful Tamil Nadu,” helium said.
