Chennai, February 11 Congress MP Manickam Tagore stated on Wednesday that the people of Tamil Nadu will decide whether a coalition government or single-party rule should prevail in the upcoming Assembly elections.
He also claimed that it was the Congress party's "mistake" to not implement the people's verdict in 2006 by joining the DMK government.
"The people will decide on whether there should be a coalition government or one-party rule. Not implementing the people's verdict in 2006 is our mistake," said the MP from Virudhunagar in a post on the social media platform 'X'.
The Congress contested 25 seats in alliance with the DMK in the 2021 Assembly polls but won 18 seats.
In the 2006 Assembly elections, the Congress contested 48 seats in the DMK alliance and won 34 seats. Subsequently, the DMK, which won 96 seats, formed a minority government with external support from the Congress.
Tagore referred to the 2006 verdict to indicate that his party did not participate in the government formation then.
