Left Parties Stay Away From TVK, to Go Solo in Bypolls

Chennai/Tiruchirappalli: The CPI and CPI(M), which provide outside support to the ruling TVK, on Sunday announced that they will contest one Assembly segment each in the bypolls to be held next month in Tamil Nadu. While the CPI will fight from Dharapuram, the CPI (M) will try its luck from Maduranthakam in the October 6 bypolls.

Speaking to reporters in Chennai, CPI State Secretary M Veerapandian said the October 6 byelections in the state are "imposed," and not a natural outcome.

தவெக அரசுக்கு மதச்சார்பின்மை என்ற அரசியல் நிபந்தனையுடன் தான் ஆதரவு அளித்து வருகிறோம் என்று 08.09.2026 அன்று செய்தியாளர்களிடம் பேசிய இந்தியக் கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சியின் மாநிலச் செயலாளர் மு.வீரபாண்டியன் கூறினார்.#CPI #TVK #MuVeerapandian #TNPolitics #TVKAlliance #CPIStateCommittee pic.twitter.com/KQqGz2Fsk3

Firmly continuing with the stand of not being part of any electoral alliance, the CPI has decided to contest the bypolls by joining hands with CPI-M.

"We have conveyed our opinion (to fight polls) to the CPI-M and it has also taken the same stand; the CPI will contest from Dharapuram," he added.

Marxist party state secretary M Shanmugam told reporters in Tiruchirappalli that the party's state committee meeting has decided to fight bypolls and it will be a lone fight of the Left parties, the CPI(M), CPI and the CPI (Marxist-Leninist).