Of the total six assembly constituencies in Kanyakumari district, three are held by the Congress and one each by the DMK, AIADMK and BJP. The DMK refuses to give even the seats we ask for locally on the basis of coalition virtue and not on the basis of party strength. So let’s see the field alone, “roared the Kumari Congress executives.
Nagercoil Corporation, Kulachal Municipality and 28 Municipalities are coming up in Kanyakumari East District. It has been reported that only 13 wards in Nagercoil Corporation have been allotted to the Congress and the post of Nagercoil Corporation Mayor and Kulachal Municipal Chairman has been allotted to the DMK. We spoke to Eastern District Congress President KD Udayam about this, saying, “Six municipalities in the Eastern District have been allotted to the Congress. We have asked the Congress to get 7 seats with the Neyyur municipality. We have also asked for 17 wards in Nagercoil which were allotted last time. If the DMK does not agree, we will contest alone. “
The distribution in Kanyakumari West district is also dragging on. Kumari West district has three municipalities namely Padmanabhapuram, Kuzhithurai and Kollankodu and 23 municipalities. It has been reported that Kollankodu municipality and 11 municipalities have been allotted to the Congress. “Negotiations are underway. If the seats we have asked for are not available, we will contest for the respective seats,” said Dr Pinulalsingh, president of the Western District Congress.