{"id":35321,"date":"2026-08-31T16:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/ministers-back-vijay-pm-candidate\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:21:40","slug":"ministers-back-vijay-pm-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/ministers-back-vijay-pm-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers Back Vijay PM Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"\">\n<div class=\"f3e032cb\"><picture class=\"c62bd949\" style=\"visibility:visible\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/360x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/31\/cover_1788173236089.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/webp\/thumb\/512x0\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/31\/cover_1788173236089.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/1884\/2026\/08\/31\/cover_1788173236089.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"f97587ba\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The dispute between the Congress and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in Tamil Nadu over the 2029 Prime Ministerial candidature has intensified.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Meanwhile, Congress MLA Tharhai Cuthbert\u2019s seat in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has been changed. He will now sit on the Opposition benches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">On Sunday, State Tourism Minister S. Rajesh Kumar backed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the party\u2019s Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections. He said that if the TVK did not support Rahul Gandhi, Congress ministers in the state Cabinet would resign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">TVK\u2019s Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Aadhav Arjuna had earlier said that the country\u2019s next Prime Minister should be a leader from Tamil Nadu. His remarks were seen as an attempt to project TVK chief Vijay as a potential candidate for the Prime Minister\u2019s post.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><span class=\"e913fbaa d3886593\"><strong>Dispute began after MOTN survey<\/strong><\/span><strong\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">The row comes days after India Today released its Mood of the Nation (MOTN) survey on August 27. According to the survey, Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained the public\u2019s first choice for Prime Minister, with 48.7% of respondents backing him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\">Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ranked second with 27.1%, while 9.2% of respondents chose Vijay as their preferred candidate for the Prime Minister\u2019s post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"word-break:break-word;text-align:left;white-space:pre-line\"><strong>The news is being updated&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dispute between the Congress and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in Tamil Nadu over the 2029 Prime Ministerial candidature has intensified. Meanwhile, Congress MLA Tharhai Cuthbert\u2019s seat in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has been changed. He will now sit on the Opposition benches. On Sunday, State Tourism Minister S. 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