BJP Will Hold Talks With PMK, DMDK: Nagendran

Amid rearrangements in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Tamil Nadu with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reviving ties with the AIADMK on April 11 and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) found S Ramadoss taking over the charge of the party from his son on April 10, the national party's new state president Nainar Nagendran on Sunday said that the central leadership will hold talks with the remaining allies ahead of the 2026 assembly elections.

- Divya Chandrababu

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"The central leadership (BJP) will hold discussions with them (PMK and Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam -DMDK). The DMDK sided with the AIADMK after the split in 2023. All of us have been in alliance together before. We will work it out." Nagendran told reporters on Sunday.

Shah during his visit announced that the NDA in Tamil Nadu will be led by the AIADMK and its general secretary and leader of opposition Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) will be the chief ministerial face for 2026.