Chennai, Jan. 28 -- After waiting for two months, going by its own admission, Congress todayheld official seat sharing talks with the DMK, in which it was a key ally, in New Delhi, but the hitchremained on the numbers, despite talks ending in a cordial atmosphere.

The key elections to the Tamil Nadu Assembly will be held in 2-3 months and theDMK heading aformidable front was confident of retaining power by winning with a resounding margin of more than200 of the total 234 seats going by the strength of its alliance, des;ite the nascent TVK of Vijayand the AIADMk-BJP led NDA standing in their way.

The seat sharing talks, the first after the National Party formed the panel to hold talks with the DMK whichhad met formally Tamil Nadu Chief Min...