Chidambaram meets Sonia, Cong refuses to part with Shivaganga

Congress leaders are of the view that Chidambaram should have merged his party, Congress Democratic Peravai, with the Congress along with the TMC. Even now, it is not too late. However, the Congress is not in a mood to go out of the way to impress Chidambaram by giving Shivaganga to him and annoying Nachiappan.

Chidambaram, along with G.K. Moopanar, had left the Congress in 1996 to float the TMC. They had left the Congress to protest the decision of the Congress led by P.V. Narasimha Rao to have an alliance with the AIADMK.

Later, the TMC joined the UF government where Chidambaram became the Union Finance Minister. Chidambaram parted ways with the TMC when the latter decided to merge with the Congress. He floated his new outfit, Congress Democratic Peravai. Recently, while the TMC led by G.K. Vasan merged his party with Congress, Chidambaram chose not to merge his outfit with the Congress.