Overview

• Speaking in Salem on Sunday, the AIADMK leader said he had not contacted Vijay about an alliance and maintained that TVK cadres joined his rallies by choice.
• The denial followed AMMK chief T. T. V. Dhinakaran’s claim that AIADMK is trying to pull Vijay’s TVK into the NDA, citing TVK banners seen at an AIADMK event in Modakkurichi.
• Dhinakaran argued a pact is unlikely because Vijay has said any 2026 coalition in Tamil Nadu would be led by him, creating competing leadership claims.
• Palaniswami attacked the ruling DMK over the Karur stampede, blamed the government for security lapses, and said fissures were appearing in the DMK-led alliance.
• Dhinakaran questioned Palaniswami’s professed loyalty to the BJP given AIADMK’s 2024 NDA exit and backed the state’s plea against a CBI probe into the Karur incident to protect police morale.