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Upset implicit the DMK delaying seat-sharing talks for the upcoming Assembly election, elder Congress leaders connected Tuesday made it wide that clip was moving out, and an contiguous determination was required.
“The predetermination process has changed. The Congress president [Mallikarjun Kharge] is disquieted that selecting candidates astatine the past infinitesimal and past going to the radical won’t work. We person had unpleasant experiences successful the Bihar and Maharashtra elections,” Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K. Selvaperunthagai told journalists successful New Delhi.
Not mincing words, Girish Chodankar, All India Congress Committee in-charge of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, said the Congress cadre were pained [by the DMK’s attitude].
“We are not blaming anyone; we are lone presenting the facts. Seventy days person passed since the Congress president formed the five-member committee successful November and met the Chief Minister (and DMK person M.K. Stalin) connected December 3. We are waiting with the anticipation that they would commencement negotiations truthful that we would person an thought astir the fig of seats we would contention from, and what those seats are. We tin commencement preparing. It is saddening that they person not constituted a committee, and person not started negotiations. Elections are accelerated approaching, and we request capable time,” helium said.
The 2 leaders were interacted with journalists aft a gathering with the AICC enactment connected the Assembly election.
Mr. Selvaperunthagai appealed to Mr. Stalin to instantly signifier the dialog committee, get done with the seat-sharing exercise, and determination connected to the electoral battlefield, alternatively of starting negotiations astatine the past minute. He said the hold had disturbed the nationalist Congress leaders’ plans to circuit Tamil Nadu.
When asked wherefore Rahul Gandhi oregon different Congress leaders were yet to sojourn Tamil Nadu erstwhile BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had done so, Mr. Selvaperunthagai said, “Rahul ji and Kharge are ready, but we tin bring them to Tamil Nadu lone aft the negotiations are done.”
“Congress leaders privation the DMK to signifier the committee soon to commencement negotiations. We volition pass the aforesaid to the Chief Minister,” helium said.
