DMK-Congress Rift Reaches Parliament as Kanimozhi Seeks Separate Seating in Lok Sabha

The growing bitterness between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Indian National Congress has now found visible expression inside Parliament.

Days after Congress backed Vijay and his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu, DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking a fresh seating arrangement for her party's MPs.

The message from the DMK was blunt: the alliance is over, and the old arrangement no longer reflects political reality.
Kanimozhi, in her letter, said it would not be appropriate for DMK MPs to continue sitting alongside Congress members after the collapse of the alliance. She requested a separate seating block for the party in the Lok Sabha, saying the new political circumstances required a clear distinction between the two former allies.

The request comes amid a full-scale breakdown in ties between the parties that once shared a strong electoral partnership in Tamil Nadu. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has accused Congress of turning its back on the secular alliance immediately after the Assembly election results and described the move as a "major betrayal".

In a sharply worded resolution, the MK Stalin-led party alleged that Congress failed to honour coalition commitments despite receiving seats and campaign support from the DMK. Party leaders also claimed Congress worked against alliance interests during the election campaign and adopted political tactics similar to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

What was once a dependable alliance has now turned into open hostility, with the fallout no longer limited to Tamil Nadu politics. The strain is now visible even in the seating rows of the Lok Sabha.