TN Polls: Azad to meet Karunanidhi over seat-sharing on Monday

After partnering for 2004 Lok Sabha polls, DMK had walked out of Congress-led UPA in 2013 over Lankan Tamils issue

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad will meet DMK President M Karunanidhi here tomorrow for seat-sharing talks for the May 16 Assembly polls where a "good decision" is expected, DMK Treasurer M K Stalin said.

Azad is slated to meet the DMK chief tomorrow morning, Stalin told reporters here.

"Most likely, a good decision is expected to be arrived at," he said in an indication that the two parties, which renewed their alliance after a three year break, could strike a seat-sharing deal.

After joining hands for 2004 Lok Sabha polls, DMK had walked out of the Congress-led UPA in 2013 over the vexed Sri Lankan Tamils issue.

However, the two revived the alliance on February 13, with Azad, incharge of Congress affairs in Tamil Nadu, holding the first round of seat-sharing talks with Karunanidhi on March 25 here.

Faced with a reported low offer by its Dravidian ally, the Congress' Tamil Nadu unit is eyeing at least 45 seats and had conveyed its view to the party's central leaders negotiating seat-sharing with DMK.

Congress had contested 63 seats in the 2011 elections in alliance with the DMK.