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The Congress connected Wednesday (May 6, 2026) rejected allegations that it had "backstabbed" its long-time state DMK for powerfulness by supporting the TVK, saying it ne'er sought immoderate station erstwhile their confederation was ruling Tamil Nadu and adjacent the DMK had parted ways with it successful the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
"This cannot beryllium called backstabbing," the Congress' media and publicity chairperson, Pawan Khera, said and asked "what is the issue" if like-minded parties were forming the authorities successful the State.
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Speaking to PTI videos, DMK spokesperson Saravanan Anadurai said, "The Congress enactment has decided to state with the TVK, pledging their enactment to the party. I deliberation they person backstabbed... They person backstabbed the radical of Tamil Nadu. They've backstabbed the mandate fixed by the radical of Tamil Nadu."
Asked astir the DMK's crisp comments, Mr. Khera said, "I would similar to instrumentality you backmost to December 2013, erstwhile DMK astatine a property league announced that they volition combat the Lok Sabha polls alone."
"It was their antiauthoritarian right, and they did so. Did you inquire them if this was backstabbing. This cannot beryllium called backstabbing," Mr. Khera said astatine a property league successful New Delhi.
"There are 2 parties [Congress-DMK], they fought elections together, what was the objective, it was that 'keechad' [filth and muck] should not spread," helium said, referring to his earlier remarks successful the presser that "lotus blooms successful 'keechad'".
And to halt the muck from spreading, if like-minded parties are forming the government, past what is the issue, Mr. Khera asked.
To a question connected disapproval of the Congress that it was changing loyalties for power, Mr. Khera said, "That is an unfair remark to marque due to the fact that for the past 5 years we were partners and we were ne'er hankering aft positions, not adjacent a committee oregon corporations. So that is not a just remark to marque against the Congress."
The Congress, a long-time state of the DMK, announced its enactment to actor-politician Vijay's TVK to signifier the authorities successful Tamil Nadu and severed ties with the Dravidian major.
The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) person decided to widen afloat enactment to the TVK to signifier the government, AICC Tamil Nadu in-charge Girish Chodankar said, citing TVK main Vijay's petition seeking support.
Congress workers burst firecrackers astatine the enactment authorities headquarters, Satyamurthi Bhavan, successful Chennai to invited the announcement.
Mr. Chodankar, successful a statement, said Mr. Vijay has formally requested the Congress enactment to widen its enactment for forming a authorities successful Tamil Nadu.
Vijay-led TVK secured an awesome 108 seats successful the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly connected its maiden electoral debut and trounced the incumbent DMK led by Stalin, which finished with lone 59 seats. The Congress has won 5 seats.
The absorption AIADMK won 47 seats portion its allies, the PMK obtained 4 and the BJP and AMMK clinched 1 spot each successful the election, according to the information disposable connected the Election Commission of India's website.
The DMK's different allies — the IUML, CPI, CPI (M) and VCK won 2 seats each and the DMDK secured one.
DMK is 1 of the oldest allies of the Congress enactment and the 2 joined hands for the archetypal clip successful 1971 erstwhile the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls were held together.
DMK was portion of the UPA regimes from 2004 to 2013. In 2016, the Congress revived its ties with the DMK.
