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All India Professionals Congress president Praveen Chakravarty is learnt to person met TVK person Vijay successful Chennai connected Friday. Senior leaders successful the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) were miffed with the development, since lone this week, the party’s authoritative five-member committee, constituted to clasp spot sharing talks with allies for the 2026 Assembly election, had formally met ruling DMK person and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
While nary accusation was disposable astir what the 2 discussed, sources adjacent to those successful the spot sharing committee said specified “unauthorised meetings” would destabilise and derail negotiations with the DMK, the existing elder ally. “Nobody is authorised to clasp immoderate parallel discussions connected electoral confederation different than the five-member committee formed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC). We person already kickstarted our negotiations,” said the source.
Another elder TNCC person said: “Our confederation with the DMK is strong. There is nary question of exploring different alliance.”
TVK sources added that galore successful the enactment were inactive hopeful that the Congress would yet interruption its ties with the DMK and signifier an confederation with the TVK. “While we are hopeful of an confederation with the Congress, the enactment of the five-man committee shows that Congress could soon seal a woody with the DMK. Mr. Praveen Chakravarty could beryllium misleading our person that the Congress is inclined to articulation hands with him,” the TVK root said.
Mr. Praveen Chakravarty could not beryllium reached for comment. He did not respond to substance messages.
