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The DMK has been incapable to hole a day for seat-sharing talks with the Congress up of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, arsenic the Congress enactment has refused to standard down the fig of seats it is demanding. “All I tin accidental is that the stalemate continues. The Congress wants 40 seats — 1 spot for each Lok Sabha constituency, a fig that is intolerable for america to accommodate,” a DMK root said.
Earlier, the DMK had asked the Congress enactment to be acceptable for talks connected February 26 oregon 27. However, arsenic of now, determination is nary confirmation of a date.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who is successful Kanniyakumari territory to enactment successful assorted functions, is learnt to person told section Congress MLAs — the territory has 3 MLAs — that the DMK is nether unit to springiness seats to smaller parties that person joined its alliance.
In Kanniyakumari, wherever Christians signifier a halfway ballot slope of the Congress-DMK alliance, determination is increasing interest implicit the deficiency of advancement successful talks betwixt the 2 parties. Catholic and CSI bishops, on with pastors of assorted denominations, person expressed apprehension implicit the developments. A divided successful the DMK-Congress alliance, they feel, would payment the AIADMK and the BJP, some of which are progressive successful the district.
“It is not conscionable astir the Assembly election. A break-up volition person far-reaching consequences successful the Lok Sabha polls arsenic well,” they person reportedly told section Congress MLAs.
