A senior leader from the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee stated on Sunday that the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) must secure its own representation in Parliament in order to become part of the INDIA Bloc alliance. This move highlights the ongoing political negotiations and alliances forming ahead of upcoming elections in the region.
The party later formed a post-poll alliance with the Left parties, CPI and CPI(M) , which won two seats each. We cannot keep inviting those parties which does not have MPs. Only, if they have MPs will we include them in the INDIA Bloc. So, you cannot silence people who are in the fan-club mode. “Whichever party currently has MPs, the INDIA alliance have formed a coalition together. Doesn’t the chief secretary know this? Don’t the tehsildar and the district collector know this?
Therefore, all the current ministers of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam know this truth,” he claimed. Because only parties that has MPs will be in the INDIA Bloc,” Kumar said, we will join only after contesting the next Parliamentary elections,. Tagore’s comments came amid the Congress projecting senior party leader Rahul Gandhi as its Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2029 polls. He said the Congress was the first party to issue a letter of consent supporting TVK after the announcement of the election results on May 4. “First of all, regarding Mr Vijay, as soon his party won the 108 seats, the first person he called was Mr Rahul Gandhi (Congress leader) seeking its support for TVK to form the government. TVK won the April 23 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu but fell short of the mandatory 118 seats needed to form the government.
TNCC president and MP B Manickam Tagore said, “once Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has its (own) MPs we will ask them to join the INDIA alliance. Taking a dig at the remarks, Tagore said, “the TVK leaders are still operating in a fan-club mode. Responding to Tagore’s comments, TVK deputy general secretary and minister for energy resources and law C T R Nirmal Kumar said the party would join the INDIA alliance after securing parliamentary representation. Earlier reporting noted: In a video statement, Shanmugam said, “The CPI(M) and CPI have given support for this government to be formed and to continue in power… Earlier reporting noted: He added, “…if reports and circulars are sent with such ulterior motives targeting the Left, are you going to run the government withthem (administrative officers), or are you going to continue the government with the Left??”
Earlier reporting noted: Fissures emerge between Left and TVK over Tamil Nadu’s anti-protest circular Fissures emerged between the Left parties and the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in Tamil Nadu after Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretary P Shanmugam questioned whether the chief minister C Joseph Vijay-led government intends to stay in power with the support of Left parties or by using administrative officers.
Tagore was responding to questions about remarks by TVK MLA and minister for social welfare and women empowerment Jagadeshwari K and some of her colleagues, including revenue minister K A Sengottaiyan, that Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay would be the future Prime Minister and deserved to be PM.
