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MDMK quits DMK alliance after 9 yrs; Vaiko says will back TVK in byelection
The New Indian Express Chennai
|June 28, 2026
MDMK says reports about DMK willing to help AIADMK form govt weakened alliance’s ideology claim
VAIKO’S MDMK on Saturday decided to walk out of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance after being a part of it for nearly nine years. The party had contested the 2026 Assembly election under the SPA alliance.
The key resolution taken at the party’s 32nd general council meeting on Saturday said MDMK had sided with DMK since 2017 to prevent communal forces from gaining strength in Tamil Nadu and to protect the core ideals of the Dravidian movement. However, it said that political developments after the Assembly election, including reports that DMK was willing to help AIADMK form the government despite AIADMK having won only 47 seats, had weakened the alliance’s claim of being rooted in ideology.
This story is from the June 28, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.
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