VCK to decide on continuing in DMK alliance in two weeks, says Thiruma

CHENNAI: VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan on Sunday indicated that the party would decide whether to continue in the DMK alliance or align with the Congress - led INDIA bloc in two weeks.Speaking to reporters in New Delhi on Monday, Thirumavalavan said VCK would take a decision in the party's high level committee meeting. The party would also take a final call on being part of the TVK cabinet. "However, we have decided that we should extend support from outside for the TVK govt," Thirumavalavan said."We did not speak to leader C Joseph Vijay about any power-sharing arrangement. However, they have conveyed that VCK should also find a place in the cabinet," he said.Thirumavalavan also said the Congress party's decision to support TVK changed the political equations within the INDIA bloc in Tamil Nadu and said that DMK may no longer continue in the alliance.Referring to DMK MP Kanimozhi's reported letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking separate seating arrangements for DMK MPs, he said the move reflected the widening distance between the DMK and Congress in Parliament."She has conveyed that they can no longer sit and function in the Lok Sabha along with Congress members," he said.Thirumavalavan, however, said the DMK's political future remained unaffected as the party secured 60 MLAs and would continue to function in the Assembly.