Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and DMK MP Kanimozhi met in the national capital on Wednesday to discuss the roadmap for their alliance ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
"PM Modi, did you forget Manipur? In May 2023, Manipur (issue) started, and till now, as per government records, 260 people have been killed. The actual death toll may be even higher. Nearly 3,000 people have been injured, and around one lakh people have moved out of their state," Stalin
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) General Secretary Premalatha Vijayakanth on Saturday said that alliance talks for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections are still ongoing and that a final decision will be taken at the appropriate time.
With the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections approaching, Congress MP Manickam Tagore sought to dispel speculation about any rift within the INDIA bloc in the state, asserting that the Congress and the DMK remain firmly aligned and committed to their long-standing partnership.
Pattali Makkal Katchi chief Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday expressed confidence that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will form the government in Tamil Nadu in the 2026 Assembly elections.
Addressing a press briefing in Chennai alongside PMK chief Anbumani Ramadoss, Palaniswami asserted that they are already in an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party and expressed the possibility of including more parties in their bloc.
"We are very confident that NDA will have a sweeping victory in the 2026 elections. We have discussed today various plans for the coming few months. We are going to work to reach out to meet the people of Tamil Nadu, to meet the aspirations of the youth of Tamil Nadu, to meet the demands
Earlier in the day, a crucial meeting of the BJP Tamil Nadu Core Committee was held at the party's state headquarters, Kamalalayam, in T. Nagar, Chennai. The meeting was chaired by BJP Election In-charge Piyush Goyal, along with BJP Co-Incharge and Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and BJP
As Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam chief, TTV Dhinakaran slammed Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagendran for not handling the NDA "properly", the BJP leader said that he cannot be held responsible for AMMK quitting the alliance.
The TVK state executive committee said that Union Home Amit Shah's recent comments on the English language have "malicious" intentions and a "direct" assault on Tamil Nadu's two-language policy.