‘Will fight together for democracy’: Rahul Gandhi thanks MK Stalin and Kanimozhi for birthday wishes after Congress-DMK split

MK Stalin’s DMK and Rahul Gandhi’s Congress had an acrimonious split after Tamil Nadu meeting polls

NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Friday thanked MK Stalin and Kanimozhi for their birthday wishes, with their social media change coming days after Congress and the DMK ended their alliance following the Tamil Nadu meeting election outcomes.Additionally Learn | DMK assaults Rahul Gandhi for ‘dishonesty,’ ‘immaturity’ that harmed INDIA blocThanking Stalin, the Congress MP, who turned 56, stated they might proceed to fight together for the Structure till victory is achieved.“Thanks, Thiru MK Stalin, for your heat wishes. Our shared resolve to defend the concept of India, our Structure, and federalism will proceed to information us — that is the fight for the very soul of our democracy, and we are going to wage it together, till we win,” Rahul Gandhi posted on X in response to Stalin’s birthday message.“Thanks, Kanimozhi ji, for your considerate wishes,” he wrote in response to Kanimozhi, DMK MP and Stalin’s sister.Congress and DMK ended their alliance after the Congress prolonged help to actor-politician Vijay, whose two-year-old Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged because the single-largest occasion however fell wanting a majority.The backing of Congress’s 5 legislators performed a key function in serving to TVK kind the federal government. In return, Congress secured two ministerial berths within the Vijay-led authorities, together with a Rajya Sabha seat.Rahul Gandhi additionally attended Vijay’s swearing-in ceremony in Chennai.DMK accused Congress of betrayal and boycotted the Congress-led INDIA bloc assembly in Delhi on June 8. It was the primary assembly of the nationwide opposition alliance for the reason that 2024 Lok Sabha elections.