Overview
- Kanimozhi said seat-sharing discussions with the Congress are ongoing and that only the designated committee will decide the number of seats and constituencies.
- The negotiating panel had not been constituted as of Thursday, leaving Congress in-charge Girish Chodankar waiting in Chennai without formal talks.
- Both parties signaled alliance continuity, with Chief Minister M. K. Stalin expressing solidarity over the suspension of eight Lok Sabha MPs.
- As chair of the manifesto committee, Kanimozhi met civil society groups for inputs and said recommendations would be included after the Chief Minister’s approval.
- Kanimozhi added that any new entrants to the DMK-led coalition would be announced by Stalin.