T.N. elections: Attempts to create divisions in DMK-led alliance failed, says CM Stalin

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Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. File

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj

DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said connected Wednesday (March 25, 2026) that since attempts to make divisions among the constituents of the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) had failed, conspiracies criticising the seat-sharing arrangements were present being circulated “based connected imagination.”

After completing the seat-sharing arrangements among the constituents of the SPA for the 2026 Assembly elections and concluding interviews with DMK summons aspirants, Mr. Stalin, successful a missive to his enactment workers, urged them to disregard rumours intended to mislead and to enactment unneurotic with allies to guarantee triumph successful each 234 Assembly segments.

He said during the 10 years of AIADMK regularisation betwixt 2011 and 2021, the State witnessed deterioration crossed each sectors. Since coming to powerfulness successful 2021, the DMK authorities has undertaken respective developmental measures that person helped Tamil Nadu basal retired astatine the nationalist level, helium said.

“The publication of our ideological confederation partners to this accomplishment has been significant. Recognising this, the seat-sharing talks connected behalf of the DMK were conducted successful a antiauthoritarian mode this clip arsenic well,” the DMK president said.

As caller parties joined the alliance, seats had to beryllium allocated accordingly among the constituents, said Mr. Stalin, adding that helium had personally held talks with immoderate of the confederation enactment leaders who person been portion of the DMK-led confederation for a agelong time.

He said the DMK and its confederation partners basal agreed successful opposing the communal authorities of the BJP authorities astatine the Centre and its betrayal of Tamil Nadu. “Ours is an ideological confederation founded connected secularism, State rights, societal justice, and equality,” helium said.

With the completion of seat-sharing, excluding constituencies wherever allies volition contention nether their ain symbols, DMK candidates and those allies contesting connected DMK’s awesome volition unneurotic beryllium successful the fray successful 175 seats, helium added.

Published - March 25, 2026 03:08 p.m. IST

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