Chennai, with some media reports suggesting that the DMK and AIADMK are likely to join hands to form a government by bypassing actor-turned-TVK Vijay’s 108 MLAs, has been termed as “speculation” by political observers.
Despite TVK chief Vijay’s visit to Lok Bhavan on Wednesday to demand formation of government in Tamil Nadu, Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlikar did not invite the party to form the government.
“This is the only reason why some media outlets are speculating that the DMK and AIADMK will jointly form the government. Do you think it is possible?”, asked former MP and former AIADMK PKC Palanisamy.
“Even if there is a possibility of a tie-up between the DMK and AIADMK, both will face serious consequences in allotment of ministerial posts. Who will be the chief minister? This will be a big question mark,” he told PTI. Palanisamy also pointed out that many leaders in both the DMK and AIADMK would not accept this association.
Satyalaya Ramakrishnan, a senior political critic, said, “There were no talks between the leaders of the two parties.
How can the media report this?” Stating that the reports were “mere” speculation, he said there was no chance of the two major Dravidian corporations uniting and forming a government in the state.
“Our senior leaders will not accept it and there is no attempt at any reform,” said V Madivanan, a senior DMK official. “If there had been any possibility of a coalition, senior leaders from both parties would have spoken shortly after the results came in.”
He said that since TVK is the single largest party, it is quite clear that the Governor should invite Vijay to prove his majority after forming the government. “This is a constitutional right.”
K Velpham, a Chennai-based AIADMK leader, recalls a failed attempt in the late 1970s to bring together late AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran and late DMK chief M Karunanidhi.
“The AIADMK will not even try to join the DMK to form the government as the ideology and policies of both the parties are different,” he said, adding, “Even if there is a possible alliance, it will not last even one week after the government is formed.”
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