INDIA block rift: Kanimozhi asks Speaker for change in seat for DMK MPs

The first fallout of the 2026 edition of Assembly elections came with DMK MP Kanimozhi writing to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to change the seating arrangements in the Parliament so that they don’t have to sit near the Congress MPs.

“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,” she said in a letter reportedly dated May 7.

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“I therefore request your good office to kindly make the necessary arrangements for the Hon’ble Members of the DMK Parliamentary Party to be allotted separate seating, enabling them to effectively discharge their responsibilities in the August House. I shall be grateful for your kind consideration in this regard,” she wrote

The development follows the Congress choosing to cut ties with DMK to give support to Vijay’s party TVK to form the government. Congress, which won five seats, has offered conditional support to the Vijay’s TVK to form a government in Tamil Nadu, without consulting the DMK, reportedly

Following a meeting chaired by party chief MK Stalin on Thursday, the DMK passed a strongly worded resolution accusing the Congress of betraying the Secular Progressive Alliance despite contesting the assembly elections alongside the party.