India, May 6 -- Congress on Wednesday agreed to back actor-turned-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam to form a government in Tamil Nadu, but put forth a condition.

The party said that it is ready to support Vijay, but the backing would be "conditional upon the TVK keeping out from this alliance any communal forces that do not believe in the Constitution of India".

This comes after Vijay's party reached out to Congress for support after it fell short of the majority mark in Tamil Nadu with just 108 seats to its name, while 118 is needed to form a government. Out of these 108 seats, Vijay won in two and would have to leave one. Congress won five seats in the state.

In a letter, Congress said that Vijay formally requested the gra...