Trust Vote: DMK Plans Walkout As AIADMK Rebels Back Chief Minister For Cabinet Berths

Added: 2026-05-14

[00:00:00]Breaking news that's coming in. We're getting set for that floor test and Chief Minister Vijay has arrived ahead of that important trust vote. Reports suggesting that the DMK, interestingly, may choose to walk out of the trust vote. Any reaction that we've sought so far from the DMK, they've been mum, silent on what their strategy is, but sources do indicate that they plan to stage a walkout. What does that mean?

[00:00:25]Does it help the TVK? 100% because then the strength of the house comes down.

[00:00:31]It's smooth smooth sailing as it is for the TVK, but this will mean all the more. Let's play out for you how the DMK reacted when we asked that question. Are you going to be walking out and therefore not being a part of the trust vote? Take a look at how the DMK avoided all those questions.

[00:00:51]Sir, are you participating in the floor test or are you going to boycott, sir?

[00:00:58]Sir, are you participating in the floor test or are you going to boycott, sir?

[00:01:06]Sir, are you participating in the floor test or are you going to boycott, sir?

[00:01:13]Sir, are you participating in the floor test or are you going to boycott, sir?

[00:01:18]Okay, let me bring in Anaga Keshore for more details on what's really happening.

[00:01:22]Anaga, if we're going to be seeing these AIADMK rebels ignoring what the whip has said and go ahead and vote for the TVK, which definitely looks like it's going to happen and Pramod suggesting that now that number is 126. If I were to break that down, it looks like Vijay could get somewhere around 146 votes in his favor. But if the AIADMK comes on board, does that change the other parties who have given support but are still very much a part of the DMK?

[00:01:51]Will they still offer those numbers to Vijay the likes of VCK and the left?

[00:01:59]I think it's not going to go down well with the VCK and the left if at all AIA DMK is inducted into the cabinet. So that is going to be a catch-22 situation that Vijay would have to somehow navigate through. But what we are learning today is that CV Shanmugam camp who claims to have the support of minimum 20 plus MLA says that we are going to vote in favor of Vijay. And if that happens, they would have to find a way to do it without drawing the ire of legal action by the EPS camp. Because EPS camp is very very clear. If they go ahead and cross vote, then we will initiate legal action is what they are saying. So now what the CV the CV Shanmugam camp has to do is somehow find a way to support Vijay like they want to do and also not attract any legal notice. That's going to be the difficult situation that they are in.

[00:02:48]But there is also another confirmed news that we have that the AIA DMK certain MLAs belonging to that camp wants minister positions. They are eyeing for cabinet birth. If that happens, that will be a very difficult situation for the AIA DMK to handle. So we will have to wait and watch how things turn out.

[00:03:02]Over to you. Over to you.

[00:03:07]Go ahead.

[00:03:12]Lost that connection. We're going to connect once again with Pramod. He was just waving out to us to get us some live updates. We'll just connect with him. Pramod, go ahead.

[00:03:24]We just checked 2 minutes ago it was the leader of the opposition that is the former deputy chief minister within his talent was here. We did ask him about this is being a very big day as a leader of opposition for the day and we asked him what decision he has taken and he is he did not respond to us but looks like DMK has also made a very important decision today as various other like former ministers and DMK MLAs were with him who accompanied which very clearly shows that you know LOP might go ahead and speak as well. We just want to ask him whether he's going to do a walkout stage of walkout DMK or going to participate but they did not respond. to Akshita. It's only It looks like they have only they decide and respond in the assembly for the day.

[00:03:58]Okay, we're just going to get that conversation very brief from the Pramod had with the leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin. Again, much like all the other DMK leaders, none of them choosing to reply. Pramod has a great equation with Udhayanidhi Stalin.

[00:04:12]Udhayanidhi Stalin is choosing however to consciously ignore the question that Pramod has put forward about really what the DMK stand is going to be. And many would say that that by itself speaks volumes of exactly what the DMK stand is. We are hearing that they will be staging a walkout. The fact that DMK has refused to confirm it perhaps tells you that that's exactly what they're going to do, which is why they're not openly saying, "No, we're going to oppose the TVK." It's not really surprising if you look at really the scheme of things and the fact that all of the DMK's allies right now and former ally, the Congress, they've all made it very clear that they're going to be backing Vijay.

[00:04:51]They're going to be backing the TVK. So much so that you even had a meeting with Vijay and Stalin just a couple of days