Congress will lead secular alliance, which includes DMK, in Puducherry: TNCC chief

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K. Selvaperunthagai connected Sunday said the Congress enactment would pb the confederation successful Puducherry conscionable arsenic “the DMK leads the confederation successful Tamil Nadu”.

Addressing the media astatine the TNCC office successful Chennai, helium said the Congress would pb the secular alliance, which includes the DMK, successful Puducherry.

Mr. Selvaperunthagai and different leaders were portion of a treatment with AICC perceiver Mukul Wasnik and AICC in-charge for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Girish Chodankar.

“As acold arsenic Tamil Nadu is concerned, helium [Mr. Wasnik] has reviewed the preparations successful the Assembly segments – our contributions to the SIR [Special Intensive Revision] process, and the enactment of booth and colony committees. He has besides spoken to important leaders successful Tamil Nadu. Based connected this, helium has guided america connected however we tin lend to our confederation partners successful each 234 Assembly constituencies,” Mr. Chodankar said.

When asked if the Congress is blessed with the fig of seats allotted to it, Mr. Wasnik said, “Prior to the determination connected seat-sharing, assorted aspects were taken into consideration. At the extremity of the day, we person made a decision, and different parties successful the confederation person accepted it.”

He added: “The confederation is going to beryllium a formidable one. We are assured of gaining the people’s support. Though we are contesting a constricted fig of seats, we volition lend to different constituencies too, arsenic if a Congress campaigner is contesting.”