Congress an 'underdog' in LS polls: Chidambaram

On Jayalalithaa's talk about forming a government at the Centre of which her party would be a part, the minister said she should answer as to what regime that would belong.  He also requested DMK chief Karunanidhi to openly declare that his party would not support a Modi-led government following the elections.

“I believe that the DMK would do it,” he said.  Conceding that only AIADMK and DMK were the two big parties in Tamil Nadu, he hoped that at least some Congress members would get elected from the state.  

He said that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi would be the next Prime Minister if the party were voted to power and recalled various welfare schemes implemented by the UPA government.