India, June 21 -- The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) officially announced its exit from the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu and that it will continue its political journey with the ruling TVK, thus bringing curtains down on the decades-old historic alliance with the Dravidian major.

The IUML cannot continue in the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance in the present political circumstances, while respecting the people's mandate for the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, the party said in a resolution passed today, stating that it was leaving the DMK's alliance.

The party had supported the TVK in the Government formation in May, and its legislator AM Shahjahan, elected from Papanasam Assembly constituency, has been accommodated in Vijay's Cabine...