CHENNAI, June 17 -- The Congress on Tuesday demanded that its former alliance partner, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), introspect and identify the true reasons for its electoral defeat instead of criticising it, the party's legislators in the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) cabinet said.

The comments from the two Congress leaders assume significance following an article in the DMK's party organ, Murasoli, which ridiculed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday. The article asked whether it was not shameful for him to pull off all kinds of "underhand tactics" to prevent INDIA bloc parties from coming to power in states where assembly elections are held, and later seek their support when Lok Sabha polls are around the corner.

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