TVK’s All 107 MLAs To Resign If DMK-AIADMK Try To Form Coalition Government In Tamil Nadu

Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) said on Thursday that all 107 MLAs of the party will resign if DMK and AIADMK form government in Tamil Nadu, sources confirmed.

The development comes after two meetings were held between DMK and AIADMK leaders.

The TVK now suspects that the two parties are colluding to form government in the state, cutting out the party that has got the highest vote.

The TVK, which won 108 seats — two of them by Vijay — has 107 MLAs and says that as the single-largest party, it should be given first preference to form the government in Tamil Nadu.

Earlier, Governor RV Arlekar refused to allow Vijay to stake claim, saying he does not have the numbers.

He denied Vijay’s plan to reach the majority mark. Sources said the meet –

the second in two days – ended with the Governor insisting that the actor-politician provide letters of support from 118 legislators.

‘Won’t Disturb TVK For 6 Months’: MK Stalin

Tamil Nadu’s outgoing chief minister, M K Stalin, while speaking to The Times Of India, said that DMK is willing to wait for TVK chief C Joseph Vijay to form a new government in the state and added that he will “watch without disturbing for six months”.

With this statement, Stalin has put to rest all the speculation around the possibility of an AIADMK and DMK alliance.

While hinting that DMK did not want the state to face a constitutional crisis or another election soon, Stalin told TOI that he expects that the new government will continue all the schemes which have been introduced by his government, apart from fulfilling the promises that Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has made in its election manifesto.

“The new govt should continue with the free breakfast scheme for schoolchildren,” Stalin said, when questioned what is on his priority list.

“And ‘Kalaignar magalir urimai thogai’ (Rs 1,000 monthly allowance to women heads of households),” Stalin said. Speaking about Vijay’s promise of giving Rs 2,500 to women, the outgoing chief minister said that this is a difficult promise to maintain. “Give them at least Rs 1,000 as we did,” he said.

The DMK president said that his government has fulfilled 90% of the promises which his party had made in its 2021 manifesto and added that some promises, like discontinuing NEET couldn’t be done because the control was with the Centre.