Tamil Nadu: DMDK joins DMK-led alliance ahead of polls

The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam on Thursday joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Secular Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu ahead of the Assembly elections.

This is the first time that the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam has joined the alliance.

The polls are expected to be held in April or May.

Apart from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the state-level Secular Progressive Alliance includes the Congress, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi.

On Thursday, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam General Secretary Premalatha Vijayakanth, along with party leaders, met DMK chief and Chief Minister MK Stalin in Chennai. Premalatha Vijayakanth announced after the meeting that the tie-up had been finalised, ANI reported.

“Our party cadres also wished for this alliance,” the news agency quoted her Premalatha Vijayakanth saying. “It should have been formed when Captain Vijayakanth [her husband] was alive.”

The talks on the seat-sharing arrangement for the state polls will be finalised after both parties form their election committees.

முத்தமிழறிஞர் தலைவர் கலைஞர் மேல் மாறாத அன்பு கொண்டவரும், எனது அன்பு நண்பருமான ‘கேப்டன்’ விஜயகாந்த் அவர்கள் உருவாக்கிய தேசிய முற்போக்கு திராவிட கழகம், இன்று மதச்சார்பற்ற முற்போக்குக் கூட்டணியில் இணைந்திருப்பது பெருமகிழ்ச்சி அளிக்கிறது!

சகோதரர் கேப்டன் உருவாக்கிய இயக்கத்தைத்… pic.twitter.com/n7qD7Ex8UH— M.K.Stalin - தமிழ்நாட்டை தலைகுனிய விடமாட்டேன் (@mkstalin) February 19, 2026

Vijayaraj Alagarswami, an actor and former MLA who was also known as Captain Vijayakanth, founded the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam...

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