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BJP seals poll deal; AIADMK to lead bloc
The Morning Standard
|April 12, 2025
Shah bats for coalition govt & common minimum programme in 2026, says BJP won't interfere in AIADMK affairs
NEARLY two years after they parted ways, the AIADMK and the BJP on Friday joined hands to resurrect their alliance to "unseat the corrupt DMK government" in the 2026 Assembly election.
Union Minister Amit Shah, who declared the sealing of the alliance at a press meet in Chennai, declared that the NDA will fight the election under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the national level, and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami in Tamil Nadu.
This story is from the April 12, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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