Chennai, March 22 AIADMK leader Kovai Sathyan on Sunday alleged that the DMK had coerced its alliance partners into prioritizing the interests of Chief Minister M K Stalin's family over public welfare.
"The DMK alliance parties are now complaining that they are being forced to work for Stalin and family, and to work solely for the family's prospects, sacrificing their party's identity and relevance," Sathyan told
He further dismissed the narrative of a shared political foundation among the partners, stating that claiming they are ideologically the same is a false and misleading claim.
The AIADMK spokesperson suggested that the internal friction has reached a critical point, with several allies preparing to withdraw from the coalition. He noted that the alliance parties have now begun to consider leaving.
"I believe the CPI(M) will be the next to leave," he said.
Sathyan's remarks come in the context of broader reports of tensions over seat-sharing within the secular alliance in Tamil Nadu, where parties like the VCK and Left parties have sought a more prominent role in the 2026 elections.
Focusing on the situation in Puducherry, Sathyan described a state of complete administrative and political disarray between the DMK and Congress. He cited specific instances of electoral confusion, highlighting that a DMK member filed nomination for an Assembly constituency in the morning, while a Congress member filed papers in the afternoon.
"This lack of coordination clearly shows how fractured they are in terms of the alliance in Pondicherry," Sathyan said, predicting a significant defeat for the DMK in the upcoming elections.