NEW DELHI: The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) on Friday introduced an alliance for the Tamil Nadu meeting elections 2026 in a joint press convention. Union house minister Amit Shah formally introduced whereas including that Edappadi Okay Palaniswami will lead NDA within the elections.
“AIADMK and BJP leaders have determined that AIADMK, BJP and all of the alliance events will contest the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu collectively as NDA,” Shah mentioned.
“These elections can be contested below the management of PM Modi on a nationwide stage and below the management of AIADMK chief Edappadi Okay Palaniswami on the state stage,” he mentioned.
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On the query of circumstances put forth for alliance by AIADMK, Shah refuted the experiences asserting “there was no demand” by the get together.
Shah additionally mentioned that AIADMK has been a part of the NDA since 1998 and PM Modi and former CM and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa had labored collectively prior to now. Shah whereas answering to “what took so lengthy ” query mentioned, “It took time as a result of this alliance is now everlasting.”
The alliance announcement got here only a day after Okay Annamalai determined to not contest for Tamil Nadu get together unit chief submit.
Earlier in March, AIADMK basic secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi Okay Palaniswami met Union house minister Amit Shah in final month.
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On March 28, Annamalai described the 2026 elections as a chance to dethrone the DMK, citing corruption allegations and a “deteriorating regulation and order scenario” within the state. “The DMK must be introduced down from energy and no vote ought to get wasted by the votes getting shifted between completely different events. Tamil Nadu, as of now, has a five-cornered contest. Nowhere else within the Indian politics you see a five-cornered contest,” he mentioned.
He reiterated that alliance selections relaxation with BJP’s nationwide management. “With respect to the alliance, you need to perceive that for a nationwide get together just like the BJP, a disciplined get together, it’s our nationwide management that may resolve. So, we’ve committees, we’ve parliamentary boards which look into a variety of angles earlier than they make the choice.
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