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DMK's Kanimozhi writes to Lok Sabha Speaker seeking seats away from Congress as INDIA bloc cracks
The move comes amid Congress extending support to TVK to form government in Tamil Nadu after the recent assembly elections.
In an extremely apparent display of cracks in the INDIA bloc of Opposition, DMK MP Kanimozhi on Friday wrote a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker, requesting a change of seating arrangement in the Lok Sabha, away from the Congress members.
The move comes amid shifts in the political landscape of Tamil Nadu after the recent assembly elections, which actor Vijay's party won by bagging a whopping 108 seats but stopped 10 seats short of hitting the majority mark of 118. Track Tamil Nadu govt formation news here
Congress, which won five seats, has offered conditional support to the Vijay's TVK to form a government in Tamil Nadu and severed its ties with the DMK.
"I write to respectfully request suitable changes in the seating arrangement of the MP belonging to the DMK in the Lok Sabha. In view of the changed political circumstances and as our alliance with the Indian National Congress has come to an end, it may not be appropriate for our Members to continue occupying the present seating arrangement alongside them in the House...," DMK MP Kanimozhi said in her letter.
A jibe from Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav also came in on Friday for the Congress after his meeting with Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata and with DMK chief MK Stalin.
Yadav shared photos with Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin on X, captioning it: "We are not the ones who leave during difficult times".
Kanimozhi responded to Akhilesh Yadav, expressing gratitude for his message of solidarity. "Thank you for the solidarity and support @yadavakhilesh," she posted on X.
Meanwhile, Congress mounted an attack on the DMK over its rumoured tie-up with adversary All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to form the government in Tamil Nadu.
