The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) will not form an electoral alliance with any of the national parties in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, its general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami announced in Sirkazhi on Sunday.
Mr. Palaniswami’s comments came against the backdrop of the Congress high command appointing K. Selvaperunthagai as the president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. Given that the new incumbent shares good relations with the DMK leadership, it is unlikely that the national party would exit the alliance and look to tie up with the AIADMK.
Addressing the media, the Leader of the Opposition, who was in Sirkazhi to participate in a public meeting where thousands of cadre “from other parties” joined the AIADMK, ruled out the possibility of the AIADMK forming an alliance with either of the national parties. The AIADMK exited the BJP-led NDA last year.
