Congress will quit Vijay Cabinet if Rahul is not accepted as PM candidate, says Minister

Tamil Nadu Congress appears to be upset as its ally, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), continues to project party chief Vijay Joseph as a potential Prime Ministerial candidate.

Tamil Nadu Tourism Minister S Rajesh Kumar has warned that the Congress ministers in the Vijay's Cabinet will resign if TVK does not back Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2029 Lok Sabha elections.

"If Mr. Rahul Gandhi [Congress leader] is not accepted (by the TVK) as the Prime Minister candidate of the 2029 Parliamentary election, both the Congress Ministers in the Tamil Nadu Government will immediately resign their posts and pull out from the Cabinet," The Hindu quoted Kumar as saying at a party meeting in Marthandam on Sunday (August 30) night.