The Congress and the DMK have reached a seat sharing agreement for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. In a major climbdown from its earlier demand of contesting on 63 seats, Congress has agreed to fight on 41 seats out in the 235-member assembly.
After his meeting with DMK Chief K Karunanidhi in Chennai, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "I am sure that under the leadership of Karunanidhi ji, we'll be able to form government in Tamil Nadu."
Congress and DMK revived their alliance after a three-year break-up to face the coming assembly elections. Senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mukul Wasnik held first round of seat sharing talks with DMK President M Karunanidhi during which the latter was reported to have offered a little over 30 seats.
Tamil Nadu will witness a multi-cornered fight. Those battling it out on May 16 will be the ruling AIADMK, the DMK-Congress alliance, People's Welfare Front led by Vijayakanth, Anbumani Ramadoss's PMK and the BJP.
After joining hands for 2004 Lok Sabha polls, DMK had walked out of the Congress-led UPA in 2013 over the vexed Sri Lankan Tamils issue.
However, the two revived the alliance on February 13, with Azad, incharge of Congress affairs in Tamil Nadu, holding the first round of seat-sharing talks with Karunanidhi on March 25.
Congress had contested 63 seats in the 2011 elections in alliance with the DMK.
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