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Chennai: Even as CPI and CPM have announced that they will hold meetings to decide on extending support to TVK, long-term DMK ally IUML has rejected t.

CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Congress snapped on Wednesday its 11-year alliance with the DMK and threw its weight behind TVK, deepening fissures in INDIA bloc a.

CHENNAI: DMK will wait for TVK chief C Joseph Vijay to form govt, and "watch without disturbing for six months", outgoing CM MK Stalin told TOI on Wed.

Many newly elected TVK MLAs are currently staying at a resort in Mahabalipuram, it learnt. Among them are a former DMK MLA who defeated Stalin and the son of Vijay's longtime aide.

TVK finds itself in the race to consolidate power in Tamil Nadu by seeking alliances with other political parties for government support. The status of VCK, a DMK ally, is still up in the air, as their leadership has yet to come to a conclusion.

While some INDIA allies term it a "necessity" to keep BJP out of power, others see it as "counter-productive", even as section of Congress leaders also calls it "short-sighted"

Recounting how it has stood by the Congress through thick and thin, the DMK has now accused it of being "opportunists."

While everyone was taken aback by the TVK's resounding victory, some leaders within Tamil Nadu Congress had sensed this "Vijay tsunami" well in advance.