Overview
- DMK deputy general secretary and minister I. Periyasamy said there will be no coalition government in Tamil Nadu, citing Chief Minister M. K. Stalin's firm stance against sharing power.
- The statement, delivered at a Dindigul press briefing, marks the party’s first formal response to renewed Congress calls for a share in power before the March–April assembly polls.
- Congress leaders including Manickam Tagore, S. Rajeshkumar and AICC in-charge Girish Chodankar had publicly pressed for a coalition arrangement and ministerial roles.
- DMK pointed to Tamil Nadu’s post-1967 pattern of single-party rule, recalling that even in 2006 it governed with allies’ outside support without allocating ministerial portfolios.
- Rival signals diverge as Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran left open the prospect of BJP ministers in an AIADMK-led cabinet, while DMK separately reached out to INDIA bloc MPs on a potential impeachment motion involving a Madras High Court judge.