Chennai, February 14 Congress MP Manickam Tagore stated on Saturday that his party was only demanding the seats that the DMK lost in the 2021 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu, and that power-sharing was necessary.
Responding to DMK leader R S Raja Kannappan's remark on February 13 in Madurai that the DMK would contest from 170 Assembly constituencies in the 2026 election and win 160 seats, Tagore said his party was asking for the seats lost by the DMK in the 2021 election.
"In 2021, you contested in 173 seats and secured 133. What we are asking (now) is for the seats which you failed to win," the Virudhunagar MP said in a post on the social media platform 'X'.
"Power-sharing is necessary. The share in power is our right. The people will decide," Tagore said, posting a video clip of the state Forests Minister Rajakannappan's speech.
In the video, Rajakannappan was heard ruling out a coalition government and stating that the DMK would win 160 seats on its own this time.