New Delhi: Amid the ongoing controversy over the fate of the rebel AIADMK faction in Tamil Nadu and the close figures given to the TVK alliance, Congress MP Manickam Tagore said the AIADMK will not join the Vijay government and the mandate in the state is against any kind of “backdoor” politics by the BJP.Tagore, an early supporter of the Congress’s move to TVK from the DMK camp, told TOI that the numbers in the state are not close to destabilizing the Vijay government, and the arrangement will work well.Asked about the VCK’s threat to leave the government if the AIADMK faction is given ministerial berths, Tagore said, “AIADMK is not joining the government. So, the question does not arise. We are clear. We are against the BJP.” BJP’s behind the scenes politics should not be allowed. The Vijay government fell short of the majority mark by only 10 seats. All parties – Congress, VCK, IUML, Left – gave numbers. Therefore there is no need to take help from any other party. The government is safe.”Tagore argued that the numbers were not as close as were being reported, and that “TVK’s floor managers will deal with the issue.”Tagore said the rebellion in the AIADMK happened because the party never entered into an alliance with the DMK, but party chief Edappadi Palaniswami planned to form a government with the DMK after it returned a hung assembly in the state elections.He said, “The reason they (AIADMK faction) gave was that they could not go with the DMK because the party was founded against the DMK. These 25 MLAs were against the move, and instead sided with the TVK. The Speaker has to decide about their membership. The issue is on the Speaker’s table.”Expressing confidence about the future of a “secular progressive government”, Tagore said the TVK regime is the first coalition government in TN since 1957. He said, “We hope that a new era of alliance has come in TN, and we feel that we will fight the politics of hate that is trying to enter TN.”