Chennai, Feb. 23 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief MK Stalin was not willing to grant Congress more than 25 seats in the seat-sharing formula of the state's ruling alliance for the upcoming Assembly polls, sources said on Monday.

After Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal met MK Stalin on Sunday, Congress sources said that the party had demanded 45 seats. Congress demanded that the DMK be given 20 of the 40 seats it lost in the 2021 elections.

Stalin and KC Venugopal have agreed to continue the seat-sharing talks. As per sources, the talks have already resumed between Congress's Tamil Nadu in-charge Girish and DMK leader Kanimozhi.

Congress sources said the party's demand for 45 Assembly seats is based on a r...