Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will meet DMK president M. Karunanidhi in Chennai on Monday for seat-sharing talks for the May 16, 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls where a “good decision” is expected, DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin said.
Mr. Azad is slated to meet the DMK chief on Monday morning, Mr. Stalin told reporters in Chennai.
“Most likely, a good decision is expected to be arrived at,” he said in an indication that the two parties, which renewed their alliance after a three year break, could strike a seat-sharing deal.
After joining hands for 2004 Lok Sabha polls, the DMK had walked out of the Congress-led UPA in 2013.
However, the two >revived the alliance on February 13, 2016, with Mr. Azad, incharge of Congress affairs in Tamil Nadu, holding the >first round of seat-sharing talks with Karunanidhi on March 25, 2016 in Chennai.
Faced with a reported low offer by its Dravidian ally, the Congress’ Tamil Nadu unit is eyeing at least 45 seats and had conveyed its view to the party’s central leaders negotiating seat-sharing with the DMK.
The Congress had contested 63 seats in the 2011 elections in alliance with the DMK.
