AIADMK Returns To BJP-Led NDA, Amit Shah Says Palaniswami To Lead Alliance In 2026 Tamil Nadu Polls – News18
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The AIADMK and BJP parted methods and contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections independently after Annamalai’s provocative remarks and his anti-Dravidian stance led to tensions between the 2 events.
Union House Minister Amit Shah with Annamalai and Edappadi Okay Palaniswami in Chennai. (PTI)
After two years, the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) have shaped an alliance once more to contest the Tamil Nadu Meeting elections scheduled for subsequent 12 months, introduced Union House Minister Amit Shah on Friday.
“I got here right here to offer you excellent news. AIADMK and BJP have determined to struggle Tamil Nadu elections collectively underneath the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA),” mentioned Amit Shah whereas addressing a press convention alongside outgoing BJP Tamil Nadu chief Annamalai and AIADMK chief Edappadi Okay Palaniswami.
Moreover, Palaniswami will lead the NDA alliance for the upcoming Meeting elections in Tamil Nadu. “These elections can be contested underneath the management of PM Modi on a nationwide stage and underneath the management of AIADMK chief Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami on the state stage,” Shah added.
The House Minister additional mentioned that AIADMK and the BJP had been a part of the NDA since 1998, highlighting that AIADMK stalwart Jayalalithaa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already labored collectively. “I’m hopeful that NDA will get full majority in Tamil Nadu and kind the federal government,” he added.
BJP-AIADMK Alliance
An alliance between the 2 events was already being speculated following reviews that Annamalai will give up his place because the BJP state unit chief. Nevertheless, Amit Shah refuted these reviews and mentioned Annamalai remains to be the president of Tamil Nadu BJP. Shah had beforehand confirmed that alliance talks are on with the AIADMK after assembly senior leaders like Edappadi Okay Palaniswami and KA Sengottaiyan inside the previous 10 days.
The BJP and AIADMK contested collectively within the 2021 Tamil Nadu elections when Palaniswami was the Chief Minister. Nevertheless, the NDA misplaced the elections to DMK and its alliance companions, solely managing to win 75 seats out of 234 constituencies. The AIADMK gained 66 seats, whereas the BJP managed solely 4 seats.
Then again, the DMK gained 133 seats and the Congress, the ruling occasion’s alliance associate, gained 18 seats. In 2023, BJP Tamil Nadu chief Annamalai’s sturdy remarks in opposition to AIADMK leaders J Jayalalithaa and CN Annadurai, alongside along with his anti-Dravidian stance, induced friction that culminated in a cut up between the BJP and AIADMK.
The 2 events went solo within the Lok Sabha and did not win a single seat in Tamil Nadu. Nevertheless, the BJP’s vote share within the state elevated considerably underneath Annamalai’s management. Within the run-up to subsequent 12 months’s Meeting elections, Annamalai has seemingly softened his stance on an alliance with a Dravidian occasion.
Amit Shah Assaults DMK’s ‘Corrupt Rule’
Through the press convention, Amit Shah mentioned the BJP had no circumstances or calls for from the AIADMK, including that the alliance was a win-win scenario for each events to kind the federal government and expose the DMK authorities’s “corruption”.
“They (DMK and opposition events) are elevating the problems of delimitation and NEET to distract the folks… We are going to sit with AIADMK (since their stand on these points is completely different from the BJP-led NDA) and talk about with them on these points and if wanted, there can be a standard minimal programme,” he added.
Shah assured that the NDA will finish DMK’s “corrupt rule” in Tamil Nadu and accused the ruling occasion of scams price over Rs 39,000 crore. He mentioned the folks will vote on problems with rampant corruption, regulation and order, and atrocities on Dalits and ladies by the DMK authorities.
Talking to CNN-News18, DMK spokesperson A Sarvanan mentioned the occasion “welcomed” this alliance as it will assist the DMK return to energy subsequent 12 months. He additionally mentioned the folks of Tamil Nadu are pleased with the DMK’s management. Nevertheless, AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan mentioned the alliance marked the ultimate days of DMK rule in Tamil Nadu, asserting that their lies and double requirements have been uncovered.
