Overview
- Congress, which confirmed Tuesday it received Thiru Vijay’s request for support, asked its Tamil Nadu unit to decide and said it will not back any arrangement involving the BJP.
- TVK won 108 of 234 seats, leaving it 10 short of a majority, and Vijay has approached Governor Rajendra Arlekar to seek time to prove his numbers with M.K. Stalin asked to remain caretaker.
- Talks feature proposed power‑sharing, with Indian Express sources saying one option would give Congress up to two Cabinet posts in a TVK‑led government.
- TVK is also courting smaller parties that hold a few seats, and Congress support would break its alliance with the DMK and rework the state’s usual bloc politics.
- The upset ends six decades of unbroken Dravidian rule as TVK’s rise draws strength from youth and women, who were courted with pledges like monthly aid for job seekers and for women heading families.