T.N. Assembly poll: MDMK will seek seats that will ensure Election Commission recognition, says Durai Vaiko

Tiruchi Member of Parliament and main caput of the MDMK, Durai Vaiko, connected Thursday (February 12, 2026), said that the fertile and record of his enactment judge that winning astatine slightest 8 seats successful the upcoming Assembly elections would guarantee the designation of the enactment and the MDMK enactment would spot its request connected allocation of seats accordingly with the DMK, the person of the confederation successful Tamil Nadu.

Speaking to The Hindu implicit phone, Mr. Durai Vaiko said the MDMK was portion of the confederation for 8 years, and it was the first enactment to convey its basal connected continuing successful the alliance and asserting its unwavering enactment to the DMK.

MDMK wide caput Vaiko had intelligibly explained the party’s basal connected the alliance. His enactment would basal by its commitment. The fertile and record of the enactment would besides toed this line. “As acold arsenic the allocation of seats is concerned, the cadres judge that winning astatine slightest 8 seats volition guarantee the enactment to get the Election Commission of India’s recognition. The MDMK enactment volition enactment distant its request accordingly to the DMK. I anticipation the DMK enactment volition accord affirmative response,” Mr. Durai Vaiko said.

On whether the MDMK would question sharing of power, helium said that determination would beryllium nary request for a conjugation Government successful the State and the DMK would signifier the adjacent authorities connected its own. Mr. Vaiko had already made his basal wide connected the issue.

Asked whether the difference of sentiment betwixt the leaders of the DMK and the Congress connected sharing power would pb to interruption up of the DMK-led alliance, the MDMK main caput said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and the Congress person Rahul Gandhi had been maintaining a precise adjacent narration beyond politics. They would resoluteness the issues amicably and the Congress would proceed to beryllium portion of the confederation successful the State.

When pointed retired that immoderate parties, chiefly the Congress, expressed disappointment implicit the undue hold successful enactment of the DMK committee to negociate spot sharing with the confederation partners, Mr. Durai Vaiko said that strategical reasons mightiness person delayed the DMK to signifier the committee. It had been announced that the DMK would commencement seat-sharing talks with the confederation partners from February 22.