Overview
- DMK deputy general secretary I. Periyasamy said there will be no coalition government and affirmed that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is firm against sharing power with allies.
- This marks the party’s first formal public rejection of Congress leaders’ push for a coalition arrangement before the March–April assembly polls.
- Congress figures have renewed calls for a share in power, though the party remains divided internally on pressing the demand.
- Tamil Nadu has largely seen single‑party governments since 1967, including a 2006 DMK term sustained by outside support without allocating ministerial posts to allies.
- Parallel talks over power‑sharing continue across alliances, with the BJP signalling expectations of ministerial roles alongside AIADMK, and the DMK seeking INDIA bloc MPs’ backing for an impeachment move against a Madras High Court judge.