AIADMK, BJP announce alliance for Tamil Nadu assembly elections | India News

NEW DELHI: The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday introduced an alliance for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2026 in a joint press convention. Union residence minister Amit Shah formally introduced whereas including that Edappadi Ok Palaniswami will lead NDA within the elections.
“AIADMK and BJP leaders have decided that AIADMK, BJP and all the alliance parties will contest the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu together as NDA,” Shah stated.
“These elections will be contested under the leadership of PM Modi on a national level and under the leadership of AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami on the state level,” he stated.
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On the query of circumstances put forth for alliance by AIADMK, Shah refuted the stories asserting “there was no demand” by the social gathering.
Shah additionally stated 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 previously. Shah whereas answering to “what took so long ” query stated, “It took time because this alliance is now permanent.”
The alliance announcement got here only a day after Ok Annamalai determined to not contest for Tamil Nadu social gathering unit chief publish.
Earlier in March, AIADMK normal secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi Ok Palaniswami met Union residence minister Amit Shah in final month.
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On March 28, Annamalai described the 2026 elections as a possibility to dethrone the DMK, citing corruption allegations and a “deteriorating law and order situation” within the state. “The DMK should be brought down from power and no vote should get wasted by the votes getting shifted between different parties. Tamil Nadu, as of now, has a five-cornered contest. Nowhere else in the Indian politics you see a five-cornered contest,” he stated.
He reiterated that alliance choices relaxation with BJP’s nationwide management. “With respect to the alliance, you need to perceive that for a nationwide social gathering just like the BJP, a disciplined social gathering, it’s our nationwide management that may determine. So, we’ve got committees, we’ve got parliamentary boards which look into a whole lot of angles earlier than they make the choice.