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The Congress precocious bid has authorised senior enactment person P. Chidambaram to finalise the seat-sharing pact with the DMK connected Wednesday (March 4, 2026) up of the upcoming Assembly elections successful Tamil Nadu.
According to sources, enactment person Rahul Gandhi has conveyed his support to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to spell up with the deal. Mr. Kharge, successful turn, has asked Mr. Chidambaram to proceed and seal the statement with the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
Sources indicated that portion the DMK has truthful acold offered 27 Assembly seats to the Congress, determination is simply a anticipation of the fig being accrued to 28. In addition, the Congress is apt to beryllium allotted 1 Rajya Sabha spot arsenic portion of the broader knowing betwixt the 2 allies.
The improvement is seen arsenic a important measurement towards formalising the alliance, which had witnessed prolonged negotiations implicit spot allocation successful caller weeks.
