Despite Shah’s ‘NDA govt.’ stand, EPS says AIADMK will form govt. on its own

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AIADMK wide   caput   Edappadi K. Palaniswami addressing a gathering  arsenic  portion  of his Makkalai Kappom, Thamizhagathai Meetpom campaign successful  Salem connected  Sunday.

AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami addressing a gathering arsenic portion of his Makkalai Kappom, Thamizhagathai Meetpom campaign successful Salem connected Sunday. | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E.

On the time BJP person and Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared successful Pudukottai that the BJP-AIADMK inclusive NDA would signifier the adjacent authorities successful Tamil Nadu, AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami did not endorse it astatine a pre-election rally successful Salem connected Sunday. Instead, the erstwhile Chief Minister said the AIADMK would signifier the adjacent authorities connected its ain aft this year’s Assembly election.

Addressing a nationalist gathering successful Veerapandi Assembly constituency arsenic portion of his ongoing Makkalai Kappom, Thamizhagathai Meetpom campaign, Mr. Palaniswami said the AIADMK-led confederation (inclusive of BJP) would registry a monolithic triumph successful the Assembly polls, and the “AIADMK volition signifier a authorities connected its own”. For this, the enactment would forge a “strong alliance”.

The Leader of the Opposition said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin was making caller announcements, fearing defeat. “Instead of restoring the Old Pension Scheme, which the DMK promised successful its manifesto, the authorities conscionable changed the sanction [to Tamil Nadu Assured Pension Scheme] and cheated the authorities employees.”

According to him, successful the DMK regime, lone 1 household is surviving a affluent life. “No 1 is harmless nether the DMK authorities and radical are surviving successful fear. But, the Chief Minister is not disquieted astir this. A fewer days ago, nether the power of ganja, a fewer youths attacked a North Indian younker connected a train. The Chief Minister has not appointed a regular DGP until now, adjacent aft tribunal direction. The upcoming Assembly predetermination volition enactment an extremity to household and dynasty politics,” Mr. Palaniswami said.

Accusing the authorities of being corrupt, helium said the Directorate of Enforcement had asked the State constabulary to registry an FIR against a DMK curate successful transportation with a job-for-money scam, but nary enactment was taken.

The AIADMK person further claimed that the authorities was demanding a ₹30-lakh bribe from each chromatic crusher portion for issuing permits and had started collecting ₹900 crore done this.

With the elections approaching, the authorities had allocated ₹44 crore “for probe connected women’s self-help groups”, but the magnitude was meant for “swindling”, helium said.

According to him, the Union authorities accrued the moving days to 125 from 100 nether the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee For Rozgar And Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) pursuing the request from the AIADMK.

Adverting to section politics, helium said the AIADMK won double-digit seats successful Salem territory and proved it is an AIADMK fort. In 2026 too, the AIADMK confederation volition triumph each 11 assembly constituencies. He reiterated his allegation that nary schemes were brought by the DMK authorities for the territory and schemes introduced by his erstwhile authorities were stalled.

Published - January 05, 2026 12:40 americium IST

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