Overview
- On Saturday, June 20, 2026, the IUML’s Tamil Nadu State General Council in Royapuram passed 14 resolutions that formally ended its six-decade association with the DMK-led alliance and declared support for the TVK government.
- The party says its two MLAs have already supported TVK in the new government and that A. M. Shahjahan, an IUML legislator, holds the Minorities Welfare ministry in Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s cabinet.
- IUML leader K. M. Kader Mohideen told reporters the move was meant to avoid the imposition of Governor’s rule, which the party described as indirect BJP control, and to preserve stable governance in the state.
- The council resolved to postpone decisions on long-term electoral alliances until by-election and local-body poll dates are published, while committing to cooperate with TVK in imminent by-elections and local contests.
- The exit follows similar distancing by other former DMK partners and reshapes Tamil Nadu’s post-poll arithmetic, a change that could affect seat shares in upcoming local elections and the political standing of minority communities.