Nearly two years after parting ways, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Bharatiya Janata Party rekindled their alliance, with Union Minister Amit Shah declaring that the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election will be fought under the leadership of AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami.
The alliance In Tamil Nadu for the BJP became a necessity since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s numerous mega road shows and termed game changers by God media it has failed to make any mark. Tie- up with AIADMK was the only option left.
He also slammed the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for ‘diverting’ attention from key issues by raking up matters like delimitation, NEET and the 3-language policy.
The DMK criticised the AIADMK for joining hands with Bharatiya Janata Party, calling the alliance a big “betrayal of Tamil Nadu.”
On a day of quick turns and twists, Shah consulted with RSS ideaologue S Gurumurthy and by late afternoon, stitched up BJP’s alliance with Tamil Nadu’s main opposition party AIADMK.
The two had been part of the National Democratic Alliance combine that faced the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the state elections two years later.
“The leaders of AIADMK and BJP have decided to fight next TN Assembly polls along with allies under the NDA banner. This election will be fought at the national level under Narendra Modi’s leadership and AIADMK chief Edappadi Palaniswami at state level,” Shah told a press conference as reported by PTI .
