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The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) connected Thursday (June 4, 2026) announced it volition boycott the upcoming gathering of the INDIA bloc parties, scheduled to beryllium held astatine the Constitution Club successful New Delhi connected June 8, 2026.
In a strongly-worded statement, the DMK noted that the determination was taken to honour the sentiments of its cadres, who stay profoundly wounded by the “betrayal” committed by the Congress pursuing the caller Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
The Congress, which had won 5 seats arsenic portion of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, had post-polls unilaterally snapped ties with the Dravidian enactment and joined the TVK-led conjugation government.
The DMK connection explained however the enactment had consistently been astatine the forefront of nationwide issues. It said the DMK had “courageously opposed” initiatives and policies that endanger democracy, secularism, and State rights — including the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), delimitation, the “hastily introduced” Special Intensive Revision (SIR) workout during elections, ‘One Nation, One Election’, the Waqf Amendment Bill, and the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) amendments.
“Since the inception of the INDIA bloc, the DMK has functioned arsenic its cardinal force. DMK president M.K. Stalin has consistently been the superior dependable raising captious issues concerning the radical of this country,” the connection read.
The enactment attributed its determination to enactment distant from the upcoming INDIA bloc high-level gathering wholly to the Congress. “To respect the feelings of our enactment cadres, who are profoundly wounded owed to the betrayal by the Congress enactment aft the Assembly elections, the DMK volition not enactment successful the INDIA gathering connected June 8, which features the Congress,” the connection clarified.
The DMK, however, maintained it remains committed to broader Opposition solidarity connected nationalist issues. “At the aforesaid time, we volition ever rise our dependable alongside different subordinate parties connected matters that adversely impact the payment of the nation,” the enactment added.
On Tuesday (June 2, 2026), AICC Tamil Nadu in-charge Girish Chodankar had told reporters the DMK was inactive precise overmuch a portion of the INDIA bloc.
