At a time when suspense continues over government formation in Tamil Nadu, AMMK Chief TTV Dhinakaran on Friday met Governor and handed over a letter, stating that E. Palaniswami enjoys the support of 120 MLAs and should be granted permission to stake a claim to form the government. TTV Dhinakaran also alleged that his MLA is unreachable and suspects him of having switched sides. He gave a letter of support to EPS signed by the MLA to the Governor and accused the TVK of indulging in horse trading.
TTV Dhinakaran says he is supporting AIADMK
TTV Dhinakaran says, "I am supporting AIADMK. I have submitted this letter in support of Edappadi Palaniswami to form the Govt. Our MLA Kamaraj has also signed it and sent it through my secretary. When I saw TVK, I was shocked. because there was some other letter - maybe a forged letter, or it may be horse-trading. I called up my MLA, but I was not able to reach him...He signed this letter around 6.30 pm and sent it here. When I saw on TV that our party had supported Vijay, I was shocked. So, I got an appointment with the Governor and I have submitted the letter to him, asking him to investigate that. I feel it is forged or horse trading...He should not allow this..."
AMMK secured only 1 seat in the assembly elections. Dhinakaran, in the letter, said that MLA-elect Kamaraj S, supports the party stance.
How can Vijay give a clean governance, asks TTV Dhinakaran
Saying that it is a case of horse trading or forgery, Dhinakaran said it is a mockery of democracy. “How can he support Opposition MLA? How can he (Vijay) say I am clean? How can he give good governance, a clean governance? He is getting support from the opposition...We are all in NDA alliance, and contested along with AIADMK. Our CM candidate is Palaniswami,” he said.
Vijay meets Tamil Nadu Governor Arlekar for 3rd time
The development comes after Vijay met Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar at Lok Bhavan, where he formally staked claim to form the government after consolidating support from multiple parties following the fractured mandate in the recently concluded Assembly elections.
TVK, which emerged as the single-largest party with 108 seats, had fallen short of the majority mark of 118 required to form the government independently. However, with the support of Congress, Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), the party has successfully crossed the majority threshold. The CPI, CPI(M) and VCK, which won 2 seats each, extended their support to TVK, taking the tally of the party to the majority mark of 118 in the 234-member assembly, along with the 5 seats from Congress.
The CPI (M), in an official letter, conveyed its support to TVK for the purpose of forming a government in the state, while CPI extended "conditional support" to the Vijay-led party in favour of "stable, secular and democratic governance for the people of Tamil Nadu."
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