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While the Congress prepares for pugnacious negotiations with the DMK implicit spot allocation for the Assembly predetermination and perchance implicit “power-sharing”, sources successful the enactment indicated that the enactment was inactive “seriously weighing” options. This comes against the backdrop of the DMK looking to accommodate newer parties, which would marque it hard for the enactment to judge the Congress’s demands.
Speaking to The Hindu, a Congress leader, who volition beryllium sitting astatine the negotiating table, said helium wishes “these discussions [about pushing for much seats and seeking a stock successful power] had taken spot six months ago”, and not “just earlier the election”.
“The optics are not great. Imagine raising these issues, creating a large hue and cry... and settling for 28 oregon 29 oregon 30 seats? We should person debated, discussed, and raised these issues — six months ago. And moved retired of the confederation if we wanted to. The Delhi precocious bid is inactive talking astir 41 seats,” helium said.
“The DMK is trying to bring successful smaller players — Makkal Needhi Maiam (already in), Sridhar Vandayar’s enactment and histrion Karunas. It has roped successful the DMDK arsenic well, chiefly due to the fact that it is acrophobic astir the Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam joining the AIADMK alliance. The DMK doesn’t privation to permission immoderate chromatic unturned. Given this situation, however overmuch tin we realistically anticipation to get? If we settee for 30 seats, would that not marque america look weak?” helium asked.
Meanwhile, a elder subordinate of the VCK, different ally, said if the DMDK was allotted much than six oregon 7 seats, it meant the DMK was preparing for the Congress’s exit. At the aforesaid time, helium added: “We expect the DMK would hold to our request of 10 seats, considering the worth we bring to the confederation and our show since 2019. The DMK understands our value.”
On the logic of DMK seeking to contention successful much seats, helium said: “The DMK needs to contention successful 170-180 seats to guarantee it gets a bulk connected its own. There volition beryllium anti-incumbency.”
