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The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is seeking astatine slightest a “verbal assurance” from its confederation leader, DMK, that the Congress volition beryllium accommodated successful the adjacent Tamil Nadu Cabinet, adjacent arsenic the ruling enactment is unwilling yet to denote the “power-sharing arrangement” earlier the Assembly election.
According to AICC sources successful New Delhi, the Congress enactment feels that the DMK, which enjoyed the Congress’s “unconditional” enactment erstwhile it did not person the bulk during 2006-2011, should instrumentality the favour successful 2026 erstwhile the Congress is facing a governmental situation crossed India.
“Congress leaders successful New Delhi consciousness that erstwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi could accommodate the allies contempt winning a brute bulk successful 2014 and 2019 and erstwhile Chandrababu Naidu could accommodate his allies contempt winning a thumping bulk successful Andhra Pradesh, wherefore can’t the DMK beryllium antiauthoritarian capable to accommodate its allies successful its Ministry,” said a Congress person who is privy to the discussions connected alliance.
“If the DMK truly believes that the electorate volition not ballot for a conjugation authorities if it is announced earlier the election, it tin springiness Mr. [Rahul] Gandhi and Madam Sonia Gandhi a verbal assurance that it volition stock powerfulness aft the election. The AICC in-charge Girish Chodankar has publically spoken astir having formally communicated the expectations of the Congress High Command,” the person said.
The Congress’s high-level committee volition conscionable successful New Delhi adjacent week to sermon the issue. According to sources successful the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC), the Congress leaders successful the State consistently going nationalist astir their sentiment has resulted successful a “strain successful the narration betwixt the DMK and the Congress”.
The TNCC organised a protestation successful Chennai connected Sunday against the Centre’s determination to regenerate the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Congress Legislature Party person S. Rajeshkumar said the instrumentality provided those aged 18 and supra with 100 days of work. Its aim, helium added, was to guarantee that the mediocre did not question alms. Hence, it was named aft Mahatma Gandhi.
