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Congress backing TVK over DMK is rank opportunism. It’s short-sighted politics

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Congress’ decision to snap ties with the DMK to support Vijay’s TVK is rank opportunism. It won eight and nine Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu in 2019 and 2024 elections solely because of the DMK’s support. Ditching a long-time ally just to get a ministerial berth is short-sighted politics.

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  1. Congress lives by the adage – “Satta nahi milegi dobara” ! Strangely, Stalin has behaved with immense political maturity after the results and has refrained from any theatrics. Such people survive in politics for a long time.

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