Overview
- After a four-and-a-half-hour Delhi review with 42 Tamil Nadu leaders, the Congress ruled out quitting the DMK-led alliance and ordered leaders to stop public speculation and social media commentary on tie-ups.
- Tamil Nadu Congress chief K. Selvaperunthagai submitted a dossier to the high command detailing Praveen Chakravarty’s statements critical of the DMK partnership.
- State leaders in Tamil Nadu pressed for a larger Assembly seat share and wider representation in local bodies and allied institutions to rebuild organisational strength.
- In Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar met senior leaders in Delhi, declined to reveal outcomes, repeated that “time will answer everything,” and asserted support from all 140 Congress MLAs.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said he would visit Delhi if called, Shivakumar received clearance to attend the Davos forum, and his brother D. K. Suresh said Rahul Gandhi assured a leadership decision would come at the right time.