1. AIADMK snaps alliance with BJP, opts out of NDA
In the wake of strained relations with its ally, the AIADMK formally announced its decision to snap its ties with the BJP and withdraw from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
The decision was announced by AIADMK deputy general secretary K.P. Munusamy, briefly after the party’s general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami presided an hour-long meeting with the party’s district secretaries, headquarters secretaries, MPs and MLAs at the party headquarters in Chennai.
