BJP chief JP Nadda said the party will fight in the Tamil Nadu elections with AIADMK
Chennai:
Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK and the BJP will fight together in state elections this year, BJP chief JP Nadda said at a rally in Madurai today. This is the first time that the BJP has formally announced that it would fight state elections with the AIADMK. The Tamil Nadu party had said in November last year that it would link with the BJP.
The BJP and the AIADMK had fought together in the 2019 general election. After a setback in the Lok Sabha elections, the AIADMK hopes to surpass rival DMK once again in the state where it has been in power for more than nine years.
The AIADMK defeated the DMK in the 2011 assembly elections when former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa led the party to a resounding victory. He won again in 2016 before the DMK bounced back with a strong performance in last year’s Lok Sabha elections.
Makkal Needhi Maiam boss Kamal Haasan on Sunday hinted at a realignment of political alliances in Tamil Nadu ahead of next year’s assembly elections, though he does not rule out a possible alliance with actor Rajinikanth, who is set to launch his party soon.
“The Lok Sabha alliance will continue for the assembly elections. We have given 10 years of good governance. Our alliance will win the 2021 elections. Tamil Nadu will always support the prime minister. [Narendra] Modi, “Chief Minister E Palaniswami said in November last year during a meeting with Interior Minister Amit Shah in Chennai.
A popular participant in state elections is Makkal Needhi Maiam from Kamal Haasan. Haasan has not ruled out political realignments ahead of the elections. “Alliances will be broken and alliances will be united,” the actor-turned-politician told reporters in December in Madurai, where he launched his party’s campaign for elections likely to be held in April-May.
Haasan’s party contested its first election in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, running candidates in 38 constituencies in the state, but failed to win any seats, garnering only 3.77% of the vote.
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