Ahead of the floor test to prove majority in the Assembly, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president on Monday walked the extra mile to meet his predecessor and DMK president MK Stalin at the latter’s residence, heralding a new political culture in the state.
Actor Rajinikanth met DMK president M K Stalin at his residence in Chennai soon after the party’s disappointing performance in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The unexpected visit has triggered interest.
Even as the DMK finds it difficult to digest the defeat at the hands of a debutant, Vijay, in the just-concluded assembly election, party president MK Stalin, in a bid to lift the morale of the rank and file of the party pointed out that the loss was of a meagre 3.52 per cent of votes and that the Dravidian major would bounce back to power.
The resignation comes against the backdrop of a major political shift in the state. The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-turned-politician Vijay, emerged as the single largest party, securing 107 seats in the 234-member assembly, just 11 short of the majority mark. The DMK, which had been in power, was reduced to 59 seats, marking a sharp decline.
A strong wave of public anger led to the defeat of many senior DMK ministers across Tamil Nadu. The big losses show a clear shift in politics as the party now moves to the Opposition.
Continuing his tirade against the Election Commission of India (ECI), he termed the poll panel as a handmaiden of the BJP-led Union government and conducting the SIR in a tearing hurry when assembly election is a few months away.
Citing his own enumeration form, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Sunday said confusion is reigning supreme in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with even educated citizens struggling to fill in the required details.
The TVK has declared Vijay as the Chief Ministerial candidate and the film star has reiterated that the electoral contest in 2026 assembly poll is only between the TVK and the DMK.
A Division Bench of the High Court, headed by Chief Justice MM Shrivastava, hearing a PIL petition related to this, has directed the state government to present a draft SOP within 10 days. And hence, the urgency.
According to Stalin, the next stage of this vote chori is the SIR, a conspiracy to disenfranchise the electorate for which Bihar and today’s #Haryanafiles expose are proof.
