Chennai, Jan. 30 -- Ruling out any irritants in its ties with its key ally, Congress, the DMK on Friday asserted thatthe longstanding ties with the National party, heading the INDIA Bloc at the Natonal level, was always cordial.

This was disclosed to reporters at Tiunelveli by DMK Parliamentary Party leader Ms Kanimozhi, also the DMK DeputyGeneral Secretary and heads the party's Manifesto drafting committee, who a couple of days back held formal seatsharing talks with top Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.

Meanwhile, with the Congress putting on the backburner its chorus on power-sharing after Ms Kanimozhi's meetingwith Rahul Gandhi in the national capital, the formal seat sharing talks between the...