Certain media reports indicating that DMK and AIADMK are likely to join hands to form a government by overtaking actor-turned Vijay's TVK.

Amid the ongoing political deadlock in Tamil Nadu, the Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is considering a mass resignation of all its 107 MLAs if either the DMK or the AIADMK is invited to form the government, party sources said.

Amid the ongoing political deadlock in Tamil Nadu, the Vijay-led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is considering a mass resignation of all its 107 MLAs if either the DMK or the AIADMK is invited to form the government, party sources said.

Vijay is still short of the numbers needed to form the government in Tamil Nadu. The deadlock has set off intense manoeuvring among the TVK, DMK, AIADMK and smaller allies.

The TVK, which won 108 seats -- two of them won by Vijay -- has 107 MLAs and argues that as the single-largest party, it should be invited by the Governor to form government.

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Constitutional experts are divided on whether the Tamil Nadu governor must first invite Vijay's TVK to form the government. The dispute has revived wider questions on gubernatorial discretion, constitutional convention and the floor test.

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In a mass resignation scenario involving 107 MLAs, the Speaker would be constitutionally obliged to examine each resignation individually. This process could take considerable time and would almost certainly invite legal challenges.

The warning has not been officially articulated by Vijay himself, but it reflects the growing frustration within the TVK camp as post-poll negotiations drag on without resolution and the numbers required for a majority remain just out of reach.

The critics are of the view that the Tamil Nadu Governor should avoid conducting a ‘mini-floor test’ in Raj Bhawan. They say that even the Supreme Court has spoken against this practice as it can lead to political horse-trading.