Tamil Nadu Congress President K Selvaperunthagai on Saturday said the alliance between the DMK and the Congress is natural and very intact, and asserted that even if Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Tamil Nadu 100 times, the BJP won't take anything from the state.
DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Saturday stated about the progress of the DMK's election manifesto. The DMK MP Kanimozhi said that the party's manifesto preparation committee is actively working and the document will soon be finalised.
Tamil Nadu Congress president K. Selvaperunthagai on Saturday said that alliance talks with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) have begun and are progressing smoothly.
Tamil Nadu leader R Sarathkumar on Friday asserted that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) remains unaffected by former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's decision to join the DMK-led camp.
Senior leaders arrived at the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, in Chennai on Saturday to hold discussions on seat-sharing arrangements with the Indian National Congress for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026.
Speaking to ANI, he said, "The original DMK, which is the old DMK, should be very careful. DMK has become almost like a mini retired AIADMK spa or a place where all of the old retired AIADMK people go and join."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the Congress, rejecting its "vote chori" allegations and said the party has been losing support of people over the decades and while millennials taught the opposition party a lesson, "now the Gen Z is also ready".
"We are not slaves to your threats. We won't fear. We are fighting for the victory of Tamil Nadu, and DMK will never bow down before BJP," Stalin declared.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the Trinamool Congress government in Bengal and the DMK-led government in Tamil Nadu, alleging that they had blocked some welfare-oriented schemes of the central government.
With O Panneerselvam joining DMK on Friday, the photo of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was replaced with that of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in his car.
The aide of 'Amma', the former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, alleged that at a time when the DMK "stands as a malevolent force that must be eradicated from Tamil Nadu," joining it under the belief that it is the "mother party" was a serious miscalculation.