Nothing unusual about Congress’ demand for power-sharing, says Karti Chidambaram

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said on Wednesday that the party’s expectation of sharing power with alliance partner was not unusual.

“However, right now, it [sharing power] is not a sticking point. The priority is to contest in maximum possible seats and emerge victorious,” the Congress MP told media persons in Coimbatore.

The Congress party has missed opportunities to assume power in Tamil Nadu since 1967. The party (this time around) expects to get realistic number of seats in the alliance, he said.

The purported power-play behind the release of Jana Nayagan and Parasakthi movies was irrelevant, he said. “Of course, Vijay’s TVK has drawn people’s interest. But conversion of the support into votes and seats is not a certainty. Giving importance to narratives set by movies amounts to trivialising politics,” he said adding: “There is no need to ban any movie. People know what should be taken seriously.”