CHENNAI: Following the first round of seat-sharing talks held with TNCC, the ruling DMK has invited other alliance partners CPI, CPM and MDMK for talks in the first week of February.
According to sources, the CPI has been invited for talks on Saturday morning while the CPM and the MDMK have been invited on Sunday. Leaders of all alliance parties have expressed optimism that the talks would go smoothly since the tie-up has been functioning for the last six years.
In 2019 general election, DMK contested 24 seats, including Erode, Namakkal, Viluppuram and Perambalur, while its alliance partners MDMK, KMDK, VCK and IJK contested on the Rising Sun symbol.
Congress contested nine seats in TN, one in Puducherry, IUML contested one seat, CPI and CPM each contested two seats, and VCK contested in Chidambaram under a separate symbol.