Overview
- AIADMK’s General Council named Edappadi K. Palaniswami its chief ministerial candidate and passed 16 resolutions granting him full authority over alliance architecture in Tamil Nadu.
- Candidate application forms for the Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala assembly polls will be issued December 15–23 from the party headquarters, formalizing the next stage of preparations.
- Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran met Palaniswami in Chennai, fueling talk of broadening the NDA in the state, including possible outreach to O. Panneerselvam and T. T. V. Dhinakaran, which remains speculative.
- Palaniswami argued the AIADMK–BJP combine reflects a 41.33% vote share based on 2024 figures and predicted an alliance win of 210 out of 234 seats, a projection he presented to cadres.
- The Council’s resolutions backed the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and pressed for Union approval of Coimbatore and Madurai Metro projects, as TVK empowered Vijay as CM face and DMK launched a 30‑day booth drive.