The All India Congress Committee and the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) has extended its full support to Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) to form the government in Tamil Nadu.
“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,” says a statement issued by Girish Chodankar AICC In charge Tamil Nadu.
“The President of TVK, C Joseph Vijay, has formally requested the Indian National Congress (INC) to extend its support for forming a government in Tamil Nadu. The people of Tamil Nadu, especially the youth, have delivered a very clear, strong and overwhelming verdict for a secular, progressive and welfarist government that believes in constitutional principles. They have chosen the TVK led by Vijay to form the next government.”
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, the Congress statement said.
Senior Congress leaders are likely to meet Vijay in Panaiyur to personally hand over the letter in support of TVK.
Meanwhile, S Rajesh Kumar, a three time MLA from Killiyoor, has been unanimously elected as the Leader of the Congress Legislative Party in Tamil Nadu by the newly elected MLAs at their meeting held on Tuesday. The decision has also been approved by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Chodankar siad.
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Published on May 6, 2026