With the DMK yet to constitute a committee to discuss and finalise seat sharing with its allies for the upcoming Assembly election, members of the Congress’ negotiation committee for Tamil Nadu will meet party senior leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday to appraise him of the latest developments.
When DMK Parliamentary party leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, recently met Mr. Gandhi in New Delhi to iron out differences, he had reportedly asked why the DMK had not yet constituted a committee despite the Congress’ delegation meeting DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on December 3, 2025. Highly placed Congress sources in New Delhi and Tamil Nadu said the leadership was miffed with the DMK’s dithering attitude.
“They are still stuck in the old ways of doing politics. They want to start the negotiations only after the notification of the election. In fact, I have been telling the DMK leadership to start meeting alliance partners, even if they don’t want to start negotiating immediately,” said the leader involved in the seat sharing exercise. “They want to delay it and push allies into making a decision at the last minute,” he added.
DMK’s stance
However, DMK sources citing the “cordial meeting” between Mr. Gandhi and Ms. Kanimozhi, said the Congress would continue to remain in the alliance. Mr. Stalin had recently informed the Left party leaders that he hoped the Congress would remain in the alliance.
