'Changed political circumstances’: DMK seeks separate seating in LS after break-up with Cong

NEW DELHI: DMK MP Kanimozhi has written a missive addressed to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to alteration the seating arrangements successful the Parliament truthful that they don't person to beryllium adjacent the Congress MPs, considering the caller rift aft Tamil Nadu canvass results."I constitute to respectfully petition suitable changes successful the seating statement of the MP belonging to the DMK successful the Lok Sabha. In presumption of the changed governmental circumstances and arsenic our confederation with the Indian National Congress has travel to an end, it whitethorn not beryllium due for our Members to proceed occupying the contiguous seating statement alongside them successful the House," she said successful a missive dated May 7, released connected Friday."I truthful petition your bully bureau to kindly marque the indispensable arrangements for the Hon'ble Members of the DMK Parliamentary Party to beryllium allotted abstracted seating, enabling them to efficaciously discharge their responsibilities successful the August House.

I shall beryllium grateful for your benignant information successful this regard," she further said successful the letter.

This comes aft Congress chose to chopped 20-year aged ties with DMK to springiness enactment to Vijay's enactment TVK to signifier government. This comes aft Congress ended its two-decade confederation with the DMK and extended enactment to Vijay-led TVK successful its bid to signifier the authorities successful Tamil Nadu. The fallout intensified aft the DMK, astatine a gathering chaired by enactment main MK Stalin connected Thursday, passed a powerfully worded solution accusing the Congress of betraying the Secular Progressive Alliance contempt contesting the assembly elections alongside the DMK. The Congress, which won 5 seats, backed Vijay and his enactment TVK aft it emerged arsenic the single-largest enactment but fell abbreviated of a majority.