Overview
- Highly placed DMK sources ruled out a coalition arrangement, saying a power-sharing model will not work in Tamil Nadu.
- Girish Chodankar, who heads the Congress seat-sharing committee, argued the party must be part of the next government to deliver its manifesto, a stance echoed by TNCC chief K. Selvaperunthagai.
- Congress leader Praveen Chakravarty posted comparative data calling Tamil Nadu’s debt situation alarming and contrasting it with Uttar Pradesh, directly disputing DMK claims of fiscal progress.
- DMK leaders and Congress MP Jothimani defended the borrowing as funding schools, hospitals, transport and other long-term investments tied to human development outcomes.
- BJP leader K. Annamalai amplified the row to attack the DMK–Congress relationship, as Chakravarty’s recent meeting with actor Vijay kept speculation alive about possible outreach to TVK.