Ready to support TVK candidate in Thattanchavady bypoll: PCC chief

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Pradesh Congress Committee president V. Vaithilingam connected Tuesday said the Congress was acceptable to enactment Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam successful the bypoll for Thattanchavady Assembly constituency successful Puducherry.

Addressing a property league here, Mr. Vaithilingam said helium was not going to contention the bypoll. The byelection to Thattanchavady has go a necessity aft Chief Minister N. Rangasamy who won some Thattanchavady and Mangalam constituencies decided to clasp latter.

Asked if Congress would widen enactment to TVK for the bypoll arsenic some the parties person travel unneurotic successful neighbouring Tamil Nadu for authorities formation, Mr. Vaithilingam said, “certainly we volition widen enactment to the TVK candidate.” 

On the charges levelled against the PCC enactment by DMK Puducherry convenor R. Siva, the MP said the Dravidian enactment was to beryllium blamed for the mediocre electoral show arsenic DMK assumed the enactment of the INDIA bloc successful Puducherry.

“The DMK leaders lone held talks with confederation partners specified arsenic the CPI, the CPI (M) and the VCK. We were not successful the representation of spot sharing talks successful the archetypal stages. So, we cannot beryllium blamed for the mediocre performance. Also, the DMK wholly failed to measure the value of TVK successful Tamil Nadu,” the PCC main said.

On his resignation arsenic PCC president aft the Assembly predetermination results were out, the MP said, “I voluntarily submitted the resignation letter, but the AICC did not judge my request.”

Published - June 16, 2026 08:28 p.m. IST

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