AIADMK, BJP join hands for TN polls

The BJP and AIADMK Friday sealed a poll 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.

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With the parties rekindling their alliance nearly two years after they parted ways, Shah said it will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership at the Centre and Palaniswami at the state level.

“AIADMK and BJP have decided to fight next (year’s) polls...from 1998, AIADMK has been part of BJP alliance (at different points of time), PM Modi and late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had worked together in national politics,” Shah told a press conference, flanked by Palaniswami and outgoing BJP TN chief K Annamalai, here.

“We will form a government together led by Edappadi Palaniswami,” he said, indicating it would be a coalition government should the NDA win.