Tamil Nadu is about to witness its first coalition authorities in many years, with the Congress get together, an ally of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam, anticipated to affix the federal government to be headed by C. Joseph Vijay.

“Will probably be a coalition authorities,” Girish Chodankar, the State’s All India Congress Committee in-charge, stated on Saturday (Could 9, 2026). Requested whether or not the Congress had sought a share in energy, Mr. Chodankar advised The Hindu that the proposal had been positioned earlier than the TVK management which had accepted it.

“Tomorrow you may see. You’ll be able to name it a coalition authorities,” he stated.

Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will attend Mr. Vijay’s swearing-in ceremony, during which Congress candidate P. Viswanathan can even be sworn in as a Minister.

The final time Tamil Nadu had a coalition authorities was in 1952, when Manickavelu Naicker joined the Congress authorities led by C. Rajagopalachari. Nonetheless, Mr. Naicker subsequently grew to become an affiliate member of the Congress, inflicting the association to lose its character as a coalition authorities.

Subsequent makes an attempt to type coalition governments in Tamil Nadu didn’t fructify. In 2006, though the DMK did not safe a majority by itself, its alliance companions weren’t accommodated within the Cupboard headed by late DMK chief M. Karunanidhi. Whereas the Congress was eager on becoming a member of the federal government, the DMK dodged it with the help of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) which had agreed to help from exterior.

Even earlier than the run as much as the 2026 election, the Congress made a coalition as a precondition for seat-sharing. Nonetheless, the DMK rejected it then.