{"id":16288,"date":"2026-05-07T12:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=16288"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:43:10","slug":"130894188-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=16288","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu government formation: Deputy CM offer on table? &#8216;TVK in talks with AIADMK MLAs camped in Puducherry&#8217; | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<div class=\"aHAWH\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130895232,imgsize-767690,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130895232.jpg\" title=\"Thalapathy Vijay Meets Governor Rajendra Arlekar Again As TVK Races To Secure Majority In Tamil Nadu\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdersrc=\"\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" msid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" alt=\"Thalapathy Vijay Meets Governor Rajendra Arlekar Again As TVK Races To Secure Majority In Tamil Nadu\" class=\"undefined\"\/><\/div>\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined   YjeWt\" style=\"top:0px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is reportedly in talks with a section of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aiadmk\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">AIADMK<\/a>) MLAs over a possible power-sharing arrangement as the political battle over government formation in Tamil Nadu intensified on Thursday. <!-- -->The development comes as 28 AIADMK legislators were shifted to a private resort in Puducherry.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>The legislators staying at the resort in Poorankuppam are supporters of senior AIADMK leader CV Shanmugam. Their relocation has fuelled speculation that sections within the AIADMK may be considering extending support to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay in the ongoing government formation exercise, ANI reported citing sources.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Thalapathy Vijay Meets Governor Rajendra Arlekar Again As TVK Races To Secure Majority In Tamil Nadu<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/tamilnadu-cm-announcement-live-updates-tvk-vijay-oath-taking-tn-election-winner-government-formation-mk-stalin-latest-updates\/liveblog\/130875265.cms\" rel=\"noopener\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Follow live updates on Tamil Nadu<\/a><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>They claimed that a possible power-sharing formula is also being discussed, under which CV Shanmugam could be offered the Deputy Chief Minister\u2019s post along with key ministerial portfolios. Former Tamil Nadu minister and TVK candidate KA Sengottaiyan are reportedly involved in the talks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>However, the AIADMK leadership itself appears divided over the issue. Party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has not agreed to the proposal of supporting TVK, triggering differences within sections of the party.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>At the same time, leaders including CV Shanmugam and OS Manian are believed to be in favour of supporting TVK in exchange for major positions in a possible coalition government.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Sources, cited by ANI, also indicated that some senior leaders have advised TVK to explore legal options, including approaching the Supreme Court or the high court over the government formation process. Others are said to have suggested the possibility of fresh elections if the deadlock continues.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>TVK, despite emerging as a major force in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections, remains short of the majority mark by 5 MLAs. Vijay has already secured the backing of five MLAs from Congress, but still requires support from five more legislators to cross the halfway mark in the Tamil Nadu assembly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/tamil-nadu-government-formation-deputy-cm-offer-on-table-tvk-in-talks-with-aiadmk-mlas-camped-in-puducherry\/articleshow\/130894188.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is reportedly in talks with a section of All&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16902,724,37668,723,37671,719,720,721,37670,37669,722],"class_list":["post-16288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aiadmk","tag-breaking-news","tag-deputy-chief-minister","tag-google-news","tag-government-formation-process","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-political-alliance","tag-tamil-nadu-assembly","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}