Around 35 MLAs reached the AIADMK leader’s office in Chennai.
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and TVK chief Vijay (PTI file photo)
Over two-thirds of AIADMK MLAs gathered at Rajya Sabha leader CV Shanmugam’s office in Chennai to extend support to Thalapathy Vijay, signalling a rift in the party.
Around 35 MLAs reached the AIADMK leader’s office in Chennai. Shanmugam won the Tamil Nadu election from Mailam seat.
Earlier, AIADMK leader K Pandiarajan had termed the party’s defeat in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections as a “temporary setback”, declaring that his party possesses the necessary resilience to make a significant comeback.
Speaking to ANI, the AIADMK leader stressed that the electorate has not rejected the “Dravidian model”, as DMK and AIADMK collectively hold over 120 seats in the state. Pandiarajan, however, observed that the benefit of the evident anti-incumbency against the DMK “has gone to TVK”.
Tamil Nadu witnessed a dramatic political shift as TVK secured 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly in its debut election, falling just 11 seats short of the majority mark.
DMK secured 59 seats while Congress got merely five. TVK is now expected to seek support from smaller parties, including Congress, PMK, Left parties, CPI(M), and VCK, to form the government.
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