The Congress on Monday announced its alliance with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam would continue for Lok Sabha polls, setting at rest speculation about the future of the tie-up in the wake of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's overture to the lead United Progressive Alliance party.
"The top leadership of Congress and DMK share a perfect relationship and there is total coordination between them,
which will continue in future also", All India Congress Committee general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad, in charge of party affairs in Tamil Nadu, told media-persons after meeting DMK chief M Karunanidhi at his residence in Chennai on Monday evening. Describing his party's alliance with DMK as "one of the most successful" ones, Azad said DMK is a very strong ally of the UPA.
On seat-sharing with the DMK for the Lok Sabha polls, Azad said while the former had announced a committee to discuss seat-sharing, Congress would soon form a similar