Overview
- Tamil Nadu Congress leaders are scheduled to confer in New Delhi on Saturday with Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi over whether to seek executive posts and more seats in the DMK-led alliance.
- DMK figures, including I. Periyasamy, publicly insist the alliance will continue and signal there will be no coalition government structure or power-sharing arrangement.
- AIADMK chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami asserts the Congress is poised to leave the DMK bloc, citing unresolved disagreements on seat allocation and executive roles.
- Palaniswami projects an AIADMK–BJP victory of about 210 seats and says talks are ongoing to bring additional parties into the NDA, defending the tie-up as vote consolidation.
- Intensifying his campaign, Palaniswami rolls out welfare-heavy promises and attacks the Stalin government over law and order and alleged large-scale corruption, noting his party has petitioned the Governor for a probe.