BJP, AIADMK seal alliance for 2026 Tamil Nadu elections | Latest News India
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will fight the 2026 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu together under the leadership of former chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Union home minister Amit Shah with AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai in Chennai on Friday. (PTI) The announcement renews an alliance that broke off in 2023 amid acrimony. It was announced on a day the BJP state unit was almost certain to get a new chief, who will replace K Annamalai who was blamed by the AIADMK as the biggest reason behind the break-up two years ago. “The leaders of AIADMK and BJP have decided to fight the next 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 in Chennai. ALSO READ | PM Modi hails BJP alliance with AIADMK …


