Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today held deliberations with Congress leaders from Tamil Nadu on the strategy to be adopted in the poll-bound state where the issue of forging an alliance holds the key to prospects of the party.

"Everyone gave ideas and opinions to the leadership on how to face the elections," TN Congress Committee chief E V K S Elangovan said after the parleys with the Congress vice president.

Congress had contested the last Lok Sabha elections on its own and had drawn a blank. It had contested the last assembly elections alongwith Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam but secured just five seats. Assembly strength in the state is 234.

Elangovan, however, refused to elaborate on the stand of the state unit on the alliance issue, insisting that it was for the party high command to decide whether the Congress should fight as part of a tie-up with other like minded parties or go it alone.