New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi has written a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to change the seating arrangement in Parliament in view of the recent rift after Tamil Nadu election results so that he does not have to sit next to Congress MPs.“I write to respectfully request appropriate changes in the seating arrangement of MPs belonging to DMK in the Lok Sabha. In view of the changed political circumstances and our alliance Indian National Congress This having ended, it may not be appropriate for our members to continue occupying the present seating arrangement with them in the House,” he said in a letter dated May 7 issued on Friday.“I therefore request you to please make necessary arrangements to provide separate seating arrangements for the honorable members of the DMK Parliamentary Party, so that they can effectively discharge their responsibilities in the August House. I would be grateful for your kind consideration in this regard,” she further said in the letter.This came after the Congress decided to break 20-year-old ties with the DMK to support Vijay’s party TVK to form the government. This came after Congress ended its two-decade-old alliance with DMK and extended support to Vijay-led TVK to form the government. Tamil Nadu. The controversy intensified after the DMK passed a strongly worded resolution at a meeting chaired by party chief MK Stalin on Thursday, accusing the Congress of betraying the secular progressive alliance despite contesting the assembly elections with the DMK. Vijay and his party supported TVK after Congress, which won five seats, emerged as the largest party, but fell short of a majority.