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Earlier, Congress offered support to TVK, dumping its long-time ally DMK
The Congress party, a long-time ally of the DMK, on Wednesday (May 6) announced support to actor-politician Vijay's TVK to form the government in Tamil Nadu and severed ties with the Dravidian major.
The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) and the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) have decided to extend its full support to the TVK to form the government, AICC Tamil Nadu in-charge Girish Chodankar said in a statement, citing TVK chief Vijay's request seeking support.
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He said: "Our support shall be conditional upon the TVK keeping out from this alliance any communal forces that do not believe in the Constitution of India.
This alliance between the TVK and the Tamil Nadu Congress will strive to bring back Perunthalaivar Kamaraj's glory days of Tamil Nadu, with a strong commitment to Thanthai Periyar's social justice ideals and Dr BR Ambedkar's constitutional ideals in the years and decades to come.
This alliance - founded on mutual respect, appropriate share, and shared responsibility between the two parties is not only for the formation of this government, but also for future elections to the local body organisations, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha."
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Congress agrees to support TVK with conditions
Tamil Nadu Congress Political Affairs Committee has agreed on aligning with Vijay on the condition that additional support required to cross the majority mark will be secured from like-minded parties (CPM, CPI, VCK, IUML, DMDK) and not from any BJP ally. A decision expected to be communicated to Vijay and a formal announcement expected today if TVK secures the support of Left parties, VCK, and others.
