Sources said that the Congress state leadership is expecting Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will intervene and ask the DMK Chief to give the party a few more seats…reports Asian Lite News
DMK has agreed to give seven Lok Sabha seats to Congress instead of 16 seats, which the grand-old party had demanded.
The Congress had contested nine seats in the 2019 general elections by being an alliance partner in the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) led by the DMK.
The party had won eight seats while losing the Theni Lok Sabha seat where O.P. Raveendranathan of AIADMK won the seat by defeating senior Congress leader E.V.K.S. Elangovan.
Sources said that the Congress’ list of candidates was too large and the DMK team led by T.R. Baalu conveyed to the Congress leadership that it can only consider giving no more than seven seats.
Earlier, DMK District Secretaries had conveyed to the party leadership that the Congress must be restricted to a smaller number of seats as it has limited strength on the ground.
Sources said that the Congress state leadership is expecting Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will intervene and ask the DMK Chief to give the party a few more seats.
A senior DMK leader said that the strength of the Congress is minuscule in almost all the constituencies and that even the seven seats they got are more than sufficient.
Rahul Gandhi resumes yatra
Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi resumed his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Prayagraj on Sunday. The Wayanad MP abruptly halted his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Saturday and rushed to Wayanad, prompted by public protest over the death of residents in wild elephant attacks.
On Saturday, a massive protest was witnessed in Pakkam, near Pulpally in Wayanad district. According to Kerala Forest Minister AK Saseendran, the victim was attacked when the elephant ventured into a residential area near Mananthavady.
However, the Kerala government announced Rs 10 lakh compensation and also assured a job to one of the family members of the deceased.
The Congress leader also wrote a letter to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan requesting decisive action over the incident.
Today, Rahul Gandhi will go forward through Katra, Netram, Lakshmi Talkies, Teliarganj and the Soraon area of the city.
Rahul’s Yatra will stop at Harisenganj and after an overnight stay at Sakramau in Mauaima, the Yatra will enter Pratapgarh district on the next day.
On Saturday, Rahul Gandhi pressed on the strength of working together while addressing the party’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Varanasi.
He asserted that the true devotion to the country lies in bringing the country together. He also claimed that members of BJP and RSS also came to the Yatra adding that he never saw hatred during the entire Yatra.
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