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The ruling DMK enactment appears to beryllium successful nary temper to relent oregon concede the higher fig of seats demanded by the Congress for the 2026 Assembly elections successful Tamil Nadu.
“We person made our connection clear. We are prepared to connection them 25 Assembly seats and 1 Rajya Sabha seat. But the Congress is demanding 39 Assembly seats and 2 Rajya Sabha seats. It is not imaginable to accommodate their request arsenic we person to administer seats to caller allies,” a elder DMK person told The Hindu on Thursday (February 26, 2026).
Amid speculations that the Congress has opened a parallel transmission to negociate an confederation with actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the person said the DMK would not instrumentality the inaugural for further talks with the Congress. “It is they who scaled up their demands. We tin speech to them lone if they travel down from their position. The shot is successful their court,” helium made it clear.
There has been small connection betwixt the DMK enactment and the Congress enactment successful Delhi. AICC in-charge for Tamil Nadu, Girish Chodankar, had antecedently met DMK Parliamentary Party person Kanimozhi Karunanidhi to explicate his party’s position. This was a time aft AICC wide caput K.C. Venugopal briefed DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
The DMK enactment is besides not unduly acrophobic astir reports that the Congress has opened channels of connection with histrion Mr. Vijay’s party. “We are alert of it. But I bash not deliberation the TVK volition beryllium inclined to see the Congress, arsenic the enactment is nether unit from the BJP,” the DMK person contended.
Asked astir reports that erstwhile Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam was readying to articulation the DMK, the person said helium had expressed specified a wish. “But helium has not taken a last decision. We are waiting,” helium added.
