Chennai, June 3 -- Following the allocation of a Rajya Sabha seat to the Congress in Tamil Nadu, Congress Tamil Nadu Election In-Charge Girish Chodankar had said that the party's candidate for the Upper House election would be finalised by the central election authority of the Congress.

Speaking to ANI, Chodankar said the Congress high command would take a decision on the candidate for the seat allotted to the party.

"Candidates' names are finalised only by the central election authority of the Congress party. The moment this seat is announced as a Congress seat, then we will request our central election committee to decide on our candidate," he said.

Earlier in the day, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) announced that it will allot i...