Jothimani Sennimalai has criticised the Congress party’s confidential approach to constituency selection, as seat-sharing discussions continue with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
In a post on her Facebook handle, Jothimani said the process lacked transparency and should have been conducted only after detailed discussions, a view she said was rejected by party leadership.
“The constituency selection process in the Congress party lacks any transparency. Our view that constituencies should be chosen with transparency and after detailed discussions was not accepted by the party leadership. Everything was carried out in a highly secretive manner. The very foundation of the Congress party has been compromised. It is painful to see that the years of hard work put in by genuine Congress workers like us are being exploited by some who have not contributed even a small effort to the Tamil Nadu Congress, but are now benefiting from it. In such a bad situation, we cannot remain silent without questioning it. The party is not just the office-bearers, the state president, or the legislative party leader. The party is built on the emotions and hard work of lakhs of workers. We can speak in detail after the list is released. But if candidate selection continues in this arbitrary manner, no one will be able to save the Congress party in Tamil Nadu,” she said.
In January 2026 as well, Jothimani flagged serious internal issues within the Tamil Nadu Congress, calling recent developments “deeply worrying.” She said even MPs were being blocked from submitting booth agent lists to the Election Commission. Criticising the party’s direction, she said it was gaining attention for “wrong and irrelevant reasons” instead of public issues. Warning of rising divisive forces, she urged responsible election handling and not betraying grassroots workers. She alleged internal decay, accusing leaders of focusing on power calculations over ideology, and said this path contradicted Rahul Gandhi’s principles and risked damaging the party’s legacy.
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