DMK will remain in power with absolute majority, says Vaiko

MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Saturday said that the DMK would get absolute majority in the 2026 Assembly election in the State.

Speaking to reporters here, he said the question of a coalition government would not arise as the people of the State would not accept such an idea. He did not want a coalition government either.

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin would continue to lead the Dravidian model government by winning the upcoming Assembly election. The MDMK, after holding intensive consultations with its decision-making bodies, aligned with the DMK to defeat the communal forces. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP, the RSS, and other Hindutva forces were working hard to make inroads in the State, he alleged. “They cannot be allowed to succeed. The MDMK will have no change in its stand in continuing the alliance with the DMK, and the party will work towards the success of the alliance,” he added.

Asked to comment on Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement that the National Democratic Alliance would form the government in Tamil Nadu, Mr. Vaiko said the former was a person to be sidelined in politics in the country.

“He is a backbone of the Hindutva forces. The people of the State will never accept a coalition government. The electorate will give its overwhelming support to the DMK alliance, and Mr. Shah will witness it,” he asserted.

When his attention was drawn on the strong objections raised by the AIADMK for his comment on aligning with it in the past, Mr. Vaiko said he had said that it was a mistake to forge an alliance with the AIADMK that put him behind the bars for 19 months under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). However, he did not utter a word criticising the AIADMK and its leaders M.G. Ramachandran or Jayalalithaa, Mr. Vaiko said.