Congress finalises seat-sharing deal with DMK for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

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Congress finalised its seat-sharing deal with the DMK for the Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, announced the party's general secretary KC Venugopal on Saturday..

As per the deal, Congress will contest nine seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in Puducherry...

The seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections remains unchanged from the agreement the two parties reached in 2019..

Congress bagged eight of the nine seats it contested then.. KC Venugopal on Saturday said Congress will support the candidates fielded by its allies in the remaining 30 seats...

The seat-sharing agreement came on the day that Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) joined the DMK-led alliance for campaigning in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections..

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