The crucial DMK General Council meeting, which is expected to discuss key issues, including strategy for the coming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, began in Chennai. The meeting comes against the backdrop of the arrest of former Telecom Minister and DMK leader A Raja.Party bigwigs, including Union Fertiliser Minister M K Alagiri and Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin, daughter Kanimozhi, MP, and party General Secretary K Anbazhagan are attending the meeting, presided over by the DMK patriarch.The DMK, which has already firmed up its alliance with Congress for the elections, due in May, will also discuss its relationship with that party and tie-ups with some other parties.DMK has already constituted a five-member committee to negotiate seat-sharing arrangements with its allies.