Actor Vijay Stakes Claim to Form Government in Tamil Nadu After Election Victory

Tamil Nadu. In a major upset in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, actor-turned-politician Vijay has met the Governor and staked his claim to form the government.

The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is outraged after the Tamil Nadu Congress President supported Vijay's party, Tamilga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). The DMK has termed this move by Congress as 'stabbing in the back'.

In the assembly election results of five states announced on May 4, Vijay's party TVK created history in Tamil Nadu. His party has won 108 seats, which is just 10 seats short of the number required for a majority.

On the other hand, the ruling DMK suffered a major defeat, securing only 59 seats, while the AIADMK had to settle for 47 seats. Yesterday, Wednesday, Vijay met Governor R.N. Ravi and submitted letters of support from the MLAs.

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Congress has revealed that TVK has officially sought their support to form the government. Congress has won 5 seats in this election. Tamil Nadu Congress President Selvaperunthagai K. clarified that they have already handed over a letter of support to Vijay's party and that this is a decision of the party high command.

This decision by Congress is being viewed with great surprise in political circles. Congress has so far been the strongest and most reliable partner of DMK in Tamil Nadu. Both parties have contested state and national level elections together, and they also contested the recent assembly elections as an alliance.

As soon as Congress signaled its support to TVK, DMK openly came out in opposition to Congress. DMK alleges that its national ally of many years has betrayed them.

Talking to news agency PTI, DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai said, 'The Congress party has decided to ally with TVK and support it. I think they have stabbed us in the back.'

DMK has also accused Congress of betraying the people of Tamil Nadu. DMK has strongly objected to Congress deciding to ally with another party even before the ink on the signature on the winning certificate dried. The DMK spokesperson reminded that they have supported Congress in every step and that their leader MK Stalin himself had put forward Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate.