Congress agrees to support Vijay’s TVK in TN: State in-charge Girish Chodankar

The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and the Congress Legislative Party have decided to extend their support to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to form the government, state’s All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge Girish Chodankar said on Wednesday. (@girishgoaINC) Chodankar said TVK president C Joseph Vijay has formally requested the Congress to extend its support for forming a government in Tamil Nadu.

• In another development, Chodankar said, “Three term MLA S Rajesh Kumar has been unanimously elected as the Leader of the Congress Legislative Party in Tamil Nadu by the newly elected MLAs at their meeting held on May 5.”
• Accordingly, the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and the Congress Legsislative Party has decided to extend its full support to the TVK to form the government,” Chodankar said.
• He asserted that the support of the Congress party shall be ‘conditional’ upon the TVK keeping out from this alliance any ‘communal forces’ that do not believe in the Constitution of India.

Watch next: In another development, Chodankar said, “Three term MLA S Rajesh Kumar has been unanimously elected as the Leader of the Congress Legislative Party in Tamil Nadu by the newly elected MLAs at their meeting held on May 5.”