Tamil Nadu Meeting polls: DMK in no temper to present extra seats to Congress

The ruling DMK management seems to be in no temper to relent or concede the upper variety of seats demanded by the Congress for the 2026 Meeting elections in Tamil Nadu.

“We’ve got made our provide clear. We’re ready to supply them 25 Meeting seats and one Rajya Sabha seat. However the Congress is demanding 39 Meeting seats and two Rajya Sabha seats. It isn’t attainable to accommodate their demand as now we have to distribute seats to new allies,” a senior DMK chief informed The Hindu on Thursday (February 26, 2026).

Amid speculations that the Congress has opened a parallel channel to barter an alliance with actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the chief stated the DMK wouldn’t take the initiative for additional talks with the Congress. “It’s they who scaled up their calls for. We will speak to them provided that they arrive down from their place. The ball is of their court docket,” he made it clear.

There was little communication between the DMK management and the Congress management in Delhi. AICC in-charge for Tamil Nadu, Girish Chodankar, had beforehand met DMK Parliamentary Social gathering chief Kanimozhi Karunanidhi to elucidate his occasion’s place. This was a day after AICC basic secretary Ok.C. Venugopal briefed DMK president and Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin.

The DMK management can also be not unduly involved about experiences that the Congress has opened channels of communication with actor Mr. Vijay’s occasion. “We understand it. However I don’t suppose the TVK will be predisposed to incorporate the Congress, because the occasion is beneath stress from the BJP,” the DMK chief contended.

Requested about experiences that former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam was planning to affix the DMK, the chief stated he had expressed such a want. “However he has not taken a last choice. We’re ready,” he added.