DMK-Cong seat-sharing talks: We are hopeful of our wishes getting fulfilled, says Chodankar

CHENNAI: (Feb 28) The formal seat-sharing talks with the ruling DMK have been "friendly and cordial" and the Congress is hopeful that its wishes will be fulfilled, AICC in-charge for Tamil Nadu Girish Chodankar said on Saturday.

The talks between the two parties helped them to understand each other's concerns and both discussed "issues" freely, he said.

"We are trying to match the concerns of both parties and how to get the best out of it by protecting the interests of our cadres," Chodankar said, emerging from the nearly an hour-long discussion with the DMK at the latter's state headquarters, Anna Arivalayam here.