BJP tried to stitch coalition govt. in Tamil Nadu with DMK and AIADMK on election result day: Congress MP Manickam Tagore

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B. Manickam Tagore. File

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BJP tried to stitch a conjugation Government successful Tamil Nadu with the DMK and its arch rival AIADMK connected May 4, the precise time of counting of votes polled during the Assembly election, accused Congress’ Virudhunagar MP, B. Manickam Tagore connected Sunday (May 24, 2026).

An important person of the BJP spoke to the AIADMK and the DMK leaders for facilitating the coalition, helium claimed.

“DMK person Udhayanidhi Stalin, rapidly jumped for this conjugation thought with the sole motive of stalling TVK president C. Joseph Vijay from becoming the Chief Minister, but failed successful his attempt,” helium alleged.

Mr. Tagore's assertion comes against the backdrop of Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin launching a crisp onslaught connected the Congress, a time earlier.

According to him, the DMK wanted to marque AIADMK wide secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, the Chief Minister with its extracurricular enactment to forestall Mr. Vijay becoming the CM.

TVK leaders were made to hold repeatedly by the Governor successful inviting them to signifier the authorities arsenic the full play was enacted by the BJP, helium further claimed. “We got upwind of the improvement instantly ... but we did not uncover it then,” the Virudhunagar MP said.

He said the aforesaid accusation has been shared by CPI (M) person M.A. Baby, VCK person Thol. Thirumavalavan, AIADMK person C. Ve. Shanmugam and IUML person Kader Mohideen.

“The DMK volition soon onslaught an knowing with the BJP. DMK’s 22 MPs volition either locomotion retired of the Parliament oregon abstain from voting (against the BJP-led Centre),” helium charged.

Pointing to the DMK having asked the Lok Sabha Speaker to allocate antithetic seating arrangement distant from the Congress, aft the second unilaterally severed ties with it, Mr. Tagore wondered volition the DMK beryllium successful the ‘centre’. “Gradually, they would widen their enactment to the BJP,” helium added.

Mr. Udhayanidhi has brought DMK to a signifier wherever the enactment is apt to springiness up each its ideologies for which it had stood each these years, helium believed.

Condemning Mr. Udhayanidhi for making beardown remarks against the Congress leaders, Mr. Tagore said the Congress men knew however to repay the DMK.

All the claims of the DMK astir upholding secularism and not harming the TVK authorities for the archetypal six months were lone a pretence. All that the Congress wanted was to forestall the BJP from making nonstop oregon indirect introduction into Tamil Nadu governance.

“The DMK believed that each its confederation parties would autumn for its assertion that the AIADMK had breached distant from the BJP and expected them to enactment the AIADMK Government. And if TVK person became the Chief Minister, it would beryllium nether the power of the BJP. However, since the Congress did not springiness immoderate country for the DMK to marque immoderate specified manipulations, the DMK is spewing venom against the Congress,” helium charged.

INDIA confederation inactive remained beardown and volition proceed to combat against the Modi Government successful the Centre, helium said.

Published - May 24, 2026 05:54 p.m. IST

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