Overview
- After a roughly four‑hour meeting in Delhi with about 42 Tamil Nadu leaders, the high command shut down talk of quitting the DMK‑led front and ordered strict message discipline.
- Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi were given sole authority over alliance decisions, with K. C. Venugopal instructing leaders to avoid speculation and speak in one voice.
- State leaders resolved to seek a substantially larger share — about 39–40 Assembly seats — and broader accommodation in government and allied institutions, with a formal reply from the DMK awaited.
- The TNCC submitted a dossier on Praveen Chakravarty’s public criticism of the DMK, and select leaders were reprimanded and told to stay off social media on alliance matters.
- DMK ministers reiterated there will be no power‑sharing and said the party won’t be responsible if any ally walks out, as some Congress voices mentioned actor Vijay’s TVK while others deemed it untested.