New Delhi, May 11 -- On Sunday, when senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi shared the stage with Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C Jopesh Vijay as the latter took oath as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, another Congress leader- Abhishek Singhvi- appeared in Madras high court in a case that can damage the ruling coalition's wafer-thin majority.

Singhvi appeared for TVK's MLA from the Tirupattur assembly seat, S Sethupathi, who won by just one vote against former DMK minister KR Periyakaruppan. According to two Congress leaders, Singhvi held two meetings daily with the TVK leadership over the past week. When Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Arlekar refused to invite Vijay to form the government, citing a lack of numbers, the TVK leade...