Chennai, July 11 -- Despite the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of Chief Minister Joseph vijay and the opposition DMK remaining bitter rivals, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi ((VCK) president Thol Thirumavalavan, also a Lok Sabha MP, is batting for having both in the INDIA Bloc, which has been endorsed by the Congress on Saturday.

The idea proposed by Thirumavalavan to strengthen the secular coalition against the BJP at the national level has found favour with the newly appointed Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president Manickam Tagore.

Both the Congress and the VCK, which were in the DMK-led alliance in the Assembly election, are now constituents of the TVK government of Vijay, much to the chagin of the DMK. Similar is the cas...