CHENNAI: With 2024 Lok Sabha elections less than a year from now, Tiruchy Congress MP S Tirunavukkarasar has sparked off sweep-stakes in seat sharing in the DMK camp by expressing confidence that he would contest from Tiruchy again.

The Congress MP has issued a statement in a time when there are talks about a 'powerful' DMK candidate being fielded in the constituency.

When asked about this, he said he had won the 2019 election from this constituency with a margin of 4.9 lakh votes so mostly the incumbent MPs would contest from their respective constituencies. He was confident that he will once again fight from the Tiruchy constituency.