Congress-dmk Talks

Leaders of the Congress and its ally DMK here held first round of seat-sharing talks on Sunday for the April 6 elections to the Puducherry assembly but there was no outcome and they decided to continue the parleys soon.

The Congress and the DMK today begin their seat-sharing talks as Tamil Nadu gears up for its assembly elections. Their Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA) alliance is looking to replace the AIADMK-led combine, now serving its second straight term in the state. The polls, the dates for which are expected to be announced in the first week of March, are...

After more than an hour's discussion, the tussle for seats between allies DMK and the Congress for the coming Tamil Nadu assembly elections remained inclusive today. With the DMK keen on contesting as many seats as possible so they can gain majority on their own, and the Congress pushing for more, a resolution may take several more sessions, source...

Stalemate continues between the ruling Congress and its ally DMK in Puducherry in seat sharing talks over the 30-member territorial assembly after two rounds of discussions here.   While Congress maintains that it should be earmarked a few seats more than what it contested in the last polls the DMK too has taken a similar stand, according...

The DMK-Congress alliance came back from breakpoint and finally made a breakthrough. A seat-sharing arrangement for the Tamil Nadu polls was announced in Chennai late on Monday evening. The breakthrough came after senior DMK leaders, and Union Ministers, Dayanidhi Maran and MK Alagiri met Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her r...

The Congress has asked the DMK to think one last time about its decision to quit the government. The DMK says its chief, M Karunanidhi, will review that offer.So can this marriage be saved?The political equivalent of a couples counselling session was held in Delhi this afternoon with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee meeting with the senior DMK lea...

Elections in Tamil Nadu are just a month away, and while the Congress and DMK have agreed that they'll fight the election together, they haven't still decided just how. An unhappy sign of the negotiations - Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Congressman in charge of Tamil Nadu,  skipped a scheduled meeting this morning with DMK chief Karunanidhi on seat-sh...

Leaders of the Congress and its ally DMK here held first round of seat-sharing talks on Sunday for the April 6 elections to the Puducherry assembly but there was no outcome and they decided to continue the parleys soon.

The Congress and the DMK today begin their seat-sharing talks as Tamil Nadu gears up for its assembly elections. Their Secular Democratic Alliance (SDA) alliance is looking to replace the AIADMK-led combine, now serving its second straight term in the state. The polls, the dates for which are expected to be announced in the first week of March, are...

After more than an hour's discussion, the tussle for seats between allies DMK and the Congress for the coming Tamil Nadu assembly elections remained inclusive today. With the DMK keen on contesting as many seats as possible so they can gain majority on their own, and the Congress pushing for more, a resolution may take several more sessions, source...

Stalemate continues between the ruling Congress and its ally DMK in Puducherry in seat sharing talks over the 30-member territorial assembly after two rounds of discussions here.   While Congress maintains that it should be earmarked a few seats more than what it contested in the last polls the DMK too has taken a similar stand, according...

The DMK-Congress alliance came back from breakpoint and finally made a breakthrough. A seat-sharing arrangement for the Tamil Nadu polls was announced in Chennai late on Monday evening. The breakthrough came after senior DMK leaders, and Union Ministers, Dayanidhi Maran and MK Alagiri met Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her r...

The Congress has asked the DMK to think one last time about its decision to quit the government. The DMK says its chief, M Karunanidhi, will review that offer.So can this marriage be saved?The political equivalent of a couples counselling session was held in Delhi this afternoon with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee meeting with the senior DMK lea...

Elections in Tamil Nadu are just a month away, and while the Congress and DMK have agreed that they'll fight the election together, they haven't still decided just how. An unhappy sign of the negotiations - Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Congressman in charge of Tamil Nadu,  skipped a scheduled meeting this morning with DMK chief Karunanidhi on seat-sh...