CHENNAI — Tamil Nadu CPI(M) Secretary P Shanmugam said in Chennai that the Left parties will reconsider their outside support to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government if the AIADMK is inducted into the state cabinet. He said the position previously taken by the Left parties remained unchanged.

"We have already made it clear that if the AIADMK joins the Tamil Nadu Cabinet, we will reconsider our decision to give support to the state government. There has been no change in that position." Shanmugam said.

The Left parties and the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) had jointly decided to extend outside support to the TVK government. Shanmugam indicated that the VCK was not bound to take an identical position to the Left parties on cabinet matters.

"We, the Left parties and the VCK, had jointly decided to extend outside support. It is not necessary for the VCK to take exactly the same stand as the Left parties. If the VCK feels that an opportunity has arisen and wants to make use of it, there is nothing wrong in that." he said.

The TVK government led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay won the floor test in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly with 144 votes in favour, receiving support from Congress, CPI, CPI(M), VCK, IUML and expelled AMMK MLA S Kamaraj. TVK Minister Aadhav Arjuna said Vijay wants the state cabinet to function like one family and to ensure representation for parties that extended support to the ruling coalition.

"The Chief Minister wants the cabinet to function like one family. The Chief Minister wants the parties that extended support to be represented in the cabinet." Arjuna said.

Arjuna also alleged that the DMK and the AIADMK had attempted to form an alliance contrary to the public mandate after the Assembly elections. "DMK and AIADMK attempted to form an alliance that went against the people's verdict. DMK and AIADMK jointly tried to bring about President's Rule." he said.