Can't Be Called Backstabbing, What's the Issue if Like-Minded Parties Forming Govt in Tamil Nadu: Congress
The party said the alliance with TVK will also extend to local body, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha elections.
- On Wednesday, the Indian National Congress announced it will support actor-politician Vijay's Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam to form the new Tamil Nadu government, formally ending its decade-long alliance with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam .
- Vijay's TVK secured 108 seats in the 234-member assembly, falling 10 short of a majority, while the incumbent DMK finished with 59 seats; Congress, winning five seats, views this partnership as an opportunity to secure a toehold in power.
- DMK spokesperson Saravanan Anadurai accused the Congress of having "backstabbed" the mandate, but Congress leader Pawan Khera rejected the claim, noting the DMK fought the 2014 Lok Sabha polls alone, exercising its right to change alliances.
- AICC leader Girish Chodankar stated the alliance extends beyond forming the current government, encompassing future local body, Lok Sabha, and Rajya Sabha elections, provided TVK excludes communal forces that reject the Constitution of India.
- To achieve a majority, Vijay must secure five additional MLAs, with reports suggesting Congress may attempt to persuade DMK allies like the Left, IUML, and VCK to switch their allegiance to the new governing coalition.
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Can't be called backstabbing, what's the issue if like-minded parties forming govt in Tamil Nadu: Congress
The Congress, a long-time ally of the DMK, announced its support to actor-politician Vijay's TVK to form the government in Tamil Nadu and severed ties with the Dravidian major
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