{"id":2533,"date":"2026-02-16T20:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:10:42","slug":"128436549-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=2533","title":{"rendered":"TN Cong seeks action against party MP Manickam Tagore for putting DMK ties under &#8216;strain&#8217; | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128436523,imgsize-54178,width-400,resizemode-4\/quotbigger-pie-smaller-slice-for-tamil-naduquot-congress39-manickam-tagore-flags-39decline39-in-central-funds.jpg\" alt=\"TN Cong seeks action against party MP Manickam Tagore for putting DMK ties under 'strain'\" title=\"Congress MP Manickam Tagore (File photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Congress MP Manickam Tagore (File photo)\">Congress MP Manickam Tagore (File photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K Selvaperunthagai met <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mallikarjun-kharge\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Mallikarjun Kharge<\/a> in Bengaluru on Monday and submitted a report on the alleged discord with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dmk\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">DMK<\/a> following remarks by MP B Manickam Tagore.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Tagore has in recent days raised demands for power-sharing, including the Madurai North seat, and accused DMK netas of disrespecting Congress, saying the party had borne burden of DMK&#8217;s past mistakes &#8211; remarks that irked DMK leadership.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;I submitted a report on the controversies over the alliance in the last three days. The party president will take the final call,&#8221; Selvaperunthagai said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>TNCC sources said he urged action against Tagore, warning continued statements could strain the alliance. Before leaving for Bengaluru, Selvaperunthagai has cautioned party netas against speaking publicly on alliance matters, citing clear directions from AICC leadership and Rahul Gandhi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/tn-cong-seeks-action-against-party-mp-manickam-tagore-for-putting-dmk-ties-under-strain\/articleshow\/128436549.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress MP Manickam Tagore (File photo) CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K Selvaperunthagai met&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7240,724,7237,7239,723,719,720,721,2407,7238,722],"class_list":["post-2533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-b-manickam-tagore","tag-breaking-news","tag-congress-and-dmk-alliance","tag-dmk","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-mallikarjun-kharge","tag-tamil-nadu-congress-committee","tag-today-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533","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=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}