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Friday, March 4, 2011

The nasty twist in the DMK-Congress tale


Like football coaches who slam referees after their team's poor performance, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has slammed the Election Commission for what they called the 'tight scheduling' of the assembly election, as it gave 'little time to campaign and alliance formation.' 

But on Thursday, it became clear that the problem lay not with the Election Commission, but his own party and his ally, as Congress interlocutor Ghulam Nabi Azad left Chennai without announcing a final number of seats his party would contest for the election slated for April 13. 

Sources privy to the talks said the DMK was willing to give the Congress 57 seats (revised later in the evening to 60). The DMK has made it clear that it is now up to the Congress whose final demand was 62 -- to decide whether to 'take it or leave it.' 

K Anbazhagan, DMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu finance minister, added to the drama with a statement saying the party will convene a high level meeting on March 5 to discuss 'alliances and other election-related issues.'

Sources said this is tantamount to a final word to the Congress that it is up to it to get back to the DMK with an answer. Azad met senior Congress leaders in New Delhi and was supposed to meet party president Sonia Gandhi later in the night. 




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