Chennai, March 14 -- Extending a largesse to accommodate new entrants into the alliance by reducing the quota for the long standing allies like the CPI, CPI(M) and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), has resulted in a deadlock for the ruling DMK, heading the formidable Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) in finalising the seat-sharing pacts with them for the upcoming Assembly elections, the schedule of which was expected to be announced by the ECI in the next couple of days.
"Our demand is for more seats than we contested last time. Seats should be allotted in tune with our strength. There is no justification to reduce our share of seats on the pretext of accommodating new entrants," P Shanmugam, the Marxist party's Tamil Nadu unit Se...