Senior Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader and Minister of State I. Periyasamy on Sunday said there is no possibility of forming a coalition government in Tamil Nadu. He also said that Chief Minister MK Stalin is not in favor of power sharing with his allies.
What did DMK say about power sharing?
Speaking to reporters, Periyasamy said that it is the right of Tamil Nadu Congress to demand share in power. But DMK has not always been in favor of such demands. He said, a coalition government was never formed. The state has always been led by DMK. He said that the party is firm on this stand and the Chief Minister is clear that there will be no coalition government.
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Tamil Nadu Congress has reiterated its demand for power sharing if the DMK-led alliance wins the assembly elections. Congress MP Manickam Tagore had recently said that now is the time to discuss power sharing.
What is the demand of Congress?
- Tamil Nadu Congress has said that if the alliance wins then they should get a share in power.
- Congress MP Manickam Tagore recently said that now is the time to discuss this.
- Kiliyur (Kanyakumari district) MLA S. Rajesh Kumar also spoke in favor of the coalition government.
- Congress in-charge Girish Chodankar said that if any party does not want power then it should call itself an NGO.
Were coalition governments formed in history or not?
- Since 1967, the DMK and AIADMK have always formed their own governments, even when in alliance with other parties in elections.
- In the first assembly elections in 1952, Congress could not get an absolute majority. At that time non-Congress leaders got a place in the government.
- Even in 2006–2011, the DMK ran the government for the entire five years with the support of allies, but did not share power.
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Is Congress’s demand new?
Although the DMK did not have an absolute majority in 2006, it ran the entire five-year government (2006–11) with the support of allies and did not share power. Congress was also included in these allies. Even at that time, Tamil Nadu Congress leaders had demanded share in power from DMK, but their demand was not accepted.
