‘Bid to prevent central rule’: VCK backs Vijay govt from outside, to stay in DMK alliance

CHENNAI: VCK main Thol Thirumavalavan threw, connected Saturday, his party's value down actor-politician Vijay's govt, calling it "unconditional support" aimed astatine ensuring governmental stableness and preventing President's regularisation successful Tamil Nadu."We are extending enactment to TVK for 2 reasons. VCK should not beryllium a origin hindering Vijay from becoming CM, and TN should not travel nether President's rule," Thirumavalavan said aft handing implicit a enactment missive to TVK wide caput Aadhav Arjuna astatine VCK office successful Chennai.VCK besides said it would proceed successful the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, underlining a delicate balancing enactment by Thirumavalavan, erstwhile among Vijay's sharpest run critics.Thirumavalavan besides disclosed helium had informed DMK main MK Stalin earlier extending support. "He appreciated the decision. From the beginning, helium made it wide helium would not beryllium an obstacle to Vijay becoming CM," helium said.Formed successful Feb 2024, TVK made a melodramatic electoral debut and emerged arsenic a cardinal unit successful TN's fractured mandate, pushing authorities authorities into conjugation arithmetic aft decades of Dravidian bipolarity.

VCK's determination gives Vijay important breathing country arsenic TVK attempts to person electoral momentum into unchangeable governance successful a authorities entering unfamiliar conjugation terrain."While DMK worked for our candidates' victories, VCK brass has made a calculated, albeit difficult, determination to supply extracurricular enactment portion strictly opting retired of the cabinet," VCK wide caput D Ravikumar said.Ravikumar rejected disapproval implicit hold successful decision-making.

"A prime with specified a long-lasting interaction connected the state's governmental scenery needed deliberate thought," helium said.Party members said beardown voices wrong VCK favoured joining the govt, but Thirumavalavan resisted, arguing furniture berths should not travel astatine the outgo of governmental credibility. "For the involvement of a furniture berth, we should not suffer credibility built implicit 30 years of hard work," a subordinate quoted him arsenic saying.Ravikumar drew ideological reddish lines arsenic well. "Our enactment is simply a functional necessity to forestall a law vacuum, not a validation of ideology," helium said.