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AIADMK’s Solo-Governance Pledge Strained by Defection and Regional Partner Rejections

Internal fractures over power sharing with the BJP have deepened after Anwhar Rajaa joined the DMK, with regional parties TVK and NTK declining to sign on.

Leader of Opposition Edappadi Palaniswami at a campaign rally for the 2026 assembly polls. (HT photo)
Screengrab showing Anwhar Raajhaa (second left) joining the DMK in the presence of Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin | X/@DMKITwing
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Overview

  • Edappadi K Palaniswami has reiterated that AIADMK will secure an outright majority in the 2026 polls and form the government independently, rejecting any post-election coalition agreement.
  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah and state BJP leaders continue to press for an NDA-style coalition in Tamil Nadu, creating public contradictions with AIADMK’s refusal to share power.
  • On July 21, former AIADMK minister Anwhar Rajaa formally joined the DMK after being expelled for opposing the party’s alliance with the BJP, exposing ideological rifts within AIADMK.
  • Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and Seeman’s Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) have both declined EPS’s invitations to join the AIADMK-led front and will contest the assembly elections on their own.
  • AIADMK maintains that its partnership with the BJP is solely a tactical move to unseat the DMK and insists it will lead any future government on its own terms.