INDIA bloc is facing one of its toughest moments yet. MK Stalin's DMK has announced that it will skip the June 8 INDIA bloc meeting in Delhi, accusing Congress of betraying the party in Tamil Nadu after backing Vijay's government despite contesting elections alongside the DMK. The development comes at a time when the Trinamool Congress is battling a major internal rebellion in West Bengal, while the Aam Aadmi Party has already distanced itself from the opposition alliance.

Amidst the ongoing Delimitation row, at the First Joint Committee meeting on Delimitation called by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai criticized the DMK government, stating, "In the last four years since the DMK came to power, Tamil Nadu's interests have been repeatedly sacrificed for political gains. The Chief Minister has never visited Kerala to resolve issues affecting the state, yet today, he has invited the Kerala CM to discuss an artificial issue of his own making. Our objection is to the TN CM for inviting the Kerala CM instead of addressing Tamil Nadu’s real problems. Furthermore, Annamalai alleged that Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar is maneuvering against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. He has rushed to Tamil Nadu to project himself as a pan-India leader while portraying Siddaramaiah as merely a regional leader.