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The question whether the MDMK should proceed successful the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance oregon not would beryllium discussed successful the enactment wide assembly gathering scheduled to beryllium held connected June 27, the MDMK main caput and Tiruchi Member of Parliament Durai Vaiko said successful Tiruchi connected Monday (June 1, 2026).
“We person convened our enactment wide assembly connected June 27. We volition spot the question successful the assembly and instrumentality a determination based connected the views of enactment bureau bearers/cadre,” Mr. Durai Vaiko said during an enactment with media persons aft receiving Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay astatine the Tiruchi Airport.
Speaking to The Hindu later, Mr. Durai Vaiko clarified that the enactment continued to beryllium a portion of the DMK confederation and maintained that helium had made the connection lone successful effect to a query from a mediaperson connected whether the enactment volition proceed successful the alliance. “I lone said that a determination tin beryllium taken lone by the enactment wide assembly and not by him oregon immoderate individual,” helium said.
“The wide assembly is the governing assemblage of the enactment and volition sermon assorted issues, including the party’s caller governmental decisions, the spot sharing statement (for the Assembly election), the Karnataka determination to physique a dam astatine Mekedatu and others, and determine connected the party’s aboriginal people of action,” Mr. Durai Vaiko said.
Answering a query, during the earlier media interaction, connected whether the MDMK would widen enactment to the TVK government, Mr. Durai Vaiko said the enactment was not successful specified arsenic a presumption arsenic it had “unfortunately” contested the Assembly predetermination connected the DMK symbol.
“However, parties specified arsenic the Left parties, Congress and others person extended enactment to the TVK authorities to avert Presidential regularisation being imposed. There is thing incorrect successful that. Though the radical had not fixed the TVK implicit majority, it had emerged arsenic the azygous largest party. We person to respect the people’s verdict. We anticipation the authorities volition execute well; if they neglect we tin criticise them. But we person to springiness the caller authorities clip of up to six months to a year,” helium said.
On criticisms implicit the instrumentality and bid concern nether the contiguous regime, helium conceded that determination person been incidents of crime. But arrests person been made and FIRs registered. This was not an contented successful the erstwhile authorities too. Even developed countries cannot eradicate transgression fully. Only if enactment was not taken, it is wrong, helium maintained.
Mr. Durai Vaiko did not spot thing incorrect successful the immoderate of the AIADMK MLAs joining the TVK aft resigning their seats and did not presumption it arsenic “horse trading.” It is simply a “democratic right” of legislator to resign arsenic MLA and articulation different enactment if helium does not hold with a determination of the genitor party. Such instances were not caller and legislators of his ain enactment and the AIADMK person resigned their presumption arsenic MLAs and joined different parties successful the past, helium maintained.
Commenting connected AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s disapproval that it was an effort to interruption the AIADMK, Mr. Durai Vaiko said that radical who unrecorded successful solid location should not propulsion stones.
Answering disapproval that the TVK has deceived farmers by not fulfilled its canvass committedness of waiving workplace loans fully, Mr. Durai Vaiko said that the authorities had travel retired with an announcement successful presumption of the fiscal constraints. “The authorities had promised a achromatic insubstantial connected the State finance. Once it is out, we volition travel to cognize of the problems whether it volition beryllium imaginable to instrumentality their promises oregon not,” helium said.
Even the erstwhile DMK required immoderate clip and implemented its committedness of Mahalir Urimai Thogai strategy lone aft 3 years. “We cannot find responsibility with that arsenic they excessively faced fiscal constraints and indebtedness burden. I anticipation this authorities would instrumentality its promises successful owed people depending connected the fiscal situation,” helium said, but added that it whitethorn not beryllium imaginable to instrumentality each their promises fixed the existent problems.
Mr. Durai Vaiko said that helium received Mr. Vijay arsenic the MP of Tiruchi constituency connected his archetypal sojourn to Tiruchi aft assuming bureau arsenic Chief Minister. He said helium would conscionable the Chief Minister successful Chennai soon to spot demands with respect to the requirements of the constituency.
