At a District Congress Committee (DCC) meeting, Virudhunagar MP B Manickam Tagore sharpened his attack on the DMK. “Our leader Rahul Gandhi calls CM M K Stalin his ‘elder brother’. “Success rate was highest in DMK alliance for the national party,” one DMK minister pointed out. In the DMK, leaders say they are not eager to provoke a rupture. A group of Congress leaders expressed their frustration over the turn of events.

Source: Indian Express February 17, 2026 04:17 UTC