Summary:
Sources said the DMK 'convinced' the Congress by promising it more seats in the Legislative Council which it plans to revive after coming to power. As per the agreement the Congress was allotted 25 Assembly seats and the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat which fell vacant after the death of Congress MP H Vasanthakumar due to corona. The Congress was left with no other option but to settle for the lesser number of seats after a stubborn DMK refused to concede its demand for 'respectable' seats. Pushed to the wall owing to the lack of strong alternatives the Congress finally settled for 25 seats. Great leaders have lost the elections and then won them.”The seat-sharing agreement depends on the political ground that exists he said..