Not ones who abandon: Akhilesh's veiled dig at Congress with pics of Mamata, Stalin

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a sharp swipe at the Congress after it snapped ties with the DMK in Tamil Nadu and extended support to actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to form the government in the state.

In a pointed message on X, Akhilesh Yadav posted a photograph with Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin and wrote, “We are not the ones who abandon each other in times of difficulty,” in an apparent jibe at the Congress amid the political turmoil in Tamil Nadu.

DMK MP Kanimozhi also responded to Akhilesh Yadav’s post on X, writing, “Thank you for the solidarity and support.”

The dramatic fallout unfolded after the Tamil Nadu Assembly election results produced a hung assembly, with no party crossing the majority mark. The TVK emerged as the single largest party with 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly and later decided to ally with the Congress, which has five MLAs, significantly changing the post-poll political equations in the state.

Upset over the Congress move, the DMK on Thursday declared that the “INDIA bloc is gone” after the grand old party broke its alliance with the MK Stalin-led party and backed the TVK in its bid to form the government.

At a crucial meeting of DMK MLAs, the party passed four major resolutions condemning the Congress decision to side with the TVK. .

The Congress’s decision to back the TVK marks one of the biggest political realignments in Tamil Nadu in recent years and has raised serious questions over the future of the INDIA bloc at the national level.

On Thursday, Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar again turned down Vijay’s claim to form a government in the state. The TVK chief met the Governor at Lok Bhavan to stake claim, but was reportedly asked to return only after securing the support of 118 MLAs.