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A last-minute effort to marque VCK person Thol. Thirumavalvan arsenic the archetypal Chief Minister hailing from the Scheduled Caste successful Tamil Nadu, with enactment from the DMK and the AIADMK, is learnt to person failed past weekend.
On Monday (May 11, 2026), VCK sources told The Hindu that Mr. Thirumavalavan was asked to withhold the missive of enactment to C. Joseph Vijay’s TVK. This prompted him to hold an announcement until May 9 evening.
“Initially, the AIADMK was incapable to unafraid its MLAs’ consent for the idea. By the clip it seemingly convinced them, astir 4 p.m., helium had made up his caput against the proposal. We would person faced disapproval that, contempt the TVK having won successful 108 constituencies, the VCK, with conscionable 2 MLAs, had hijacked the people’s mandate,” a elder VCK person said.
Explaining the backroom negotiations, helium said, the thought of making Mr. Thirumavalavan the CM was mooted aft a bid for an AIADMK Government with DMK enactment deed hurdles. The CPI, CPI-M and VCK were informed astir the AIADMK-DMK proposal.
“However, the Left leaders were unwilling to enactment an AIADMK authorities arsenic they were alert of the BJP’s relation successful the arrangement. This prompted the Left parties and the VCK to enactment the TVK to forestall Governor’s rule,” the person said.
While the Left parties handed implicit their letters of enactment to the TVK connected May 8, immoderate successful the DMK and AIADMK approached the VCK with the caller proposal.
Although galore wrong the VCK favoured the proposal, Mr. Thirumavalavan remained unconvinced. On May 8 night, helium met a elder DMK leader, portion an AIADMK person remained successful interaction with him. He discussed the contented again connected May 9 alternatively of going up with the property league arsenic primitively planned.
In the evening, Mr. Thirumavalavan yet handed implicit the missive of enactment to TVK person Adhav Arjuna, who was waiting to person it.
“Even if a authorities headed by Mr. Thirumavalavan had survived for conscionable 1 day, it would person created history,” different VCK leader, who supported the move, said.
