Chennai, Feb. 11 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday laid the guidelines for the alliance with the Congress and other parties as the state gears up for polls later this year.

Speaking at the India Today Conclave, Stalin firmly ruled out any shared governance model with the DMK allies like the Congress. Recently there have been voices within the Congress which had spoken up for demanding ministerial berths in the DMK led government. Stalin asserted that a power-sharing arrangement in governance would not be suitable for Tamil Nadu.

"A share in governance is a demand that does not apply to Tamil Nadu. They know it better than us. That slogan is nothing but a calculated conspiracy by those who cannot stand to see us united,...