CHENNAI, Feb. 28 -- With the Election Commission of India declaring the poll schedule for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Friday, the DMK and the Congress are finding it difficult to arrive at an amicable seat sharing agreement.

A national leader of the Congress told The Pioneer that the DMK is proving to be a tough taskmaster when it is time for seat allocation. "The maximum they had offered as till Saturday 2 pm is just 20 seats. Please remember that the Congress was allocated 40 seats during the 2016 Assembly election and we won eight seats," said the senior leader who did not want to be identified.

Last week the team of Congress leaders deputed by party chief Sonia Gandhi called on the DMK headquarters and held a round of mee...