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Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) wide caput T.T.V. Dhinakaran connected Monday (November 10, 2025) ruled retired any rapprochement with the AIADMK and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) successful Tamil Nadu.
Interacting with journalists astatine his enactment bureau successful Chennai, Mr. Dhinakaran said, “According to me, the AIADMK is nary longer successful existence. It is only EDMK.” He added that the missive ‘E’ stood for AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
Emphasising that neither helium nor his enactment colleagues would ever entertain the thought of working under Mr. Palaniswami’s leadership — fto unsocial making him Chief Minister — Mr. Dhinakaran called the AIADMK person a “betrayer,” arsenic the second had turned against those who were responsible in 2017 for nominating him to the station of Chief Minister.
“We [the AMMK] have travel a agelong way” was Mr. Dhinakaran’s response, erstwhile asked whether his party, which quit the NDA successful September, would instrumentality to the alliance. “We do not adjacent deliberation connected this line,” he said. It was former president of the State portion of the BJP K. Annamalai who had, connected a few occasions, personally and publicly appealed to him to reconsider the decision. Mr. Annamalai had besides stopped doing it, arsenic helium understood his [Mr. Dhinakaran’s] position.
As for the BJP’s relation successful unifying each the followers of erstwhile Chief Ministers M.G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa, the AMMK wide caput said successful the run-up to the 2021 Assembly election, the nationalist enactment had conveyed to him that “all should travel under one umbrella.”
“When I was with them [the BJP] for 1 year, no 1 had raised the substance with me,” helium quipped, adding that it was his “feeling” that adjacent during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, erstwhile helium was successful the NDA, the BJP’s elder person and Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah had waited for a sizeable play of clip for Mr. Palaniswami and others to rejoin the alliance. At present, erstwhile Minister of School Education K.A. Sengottaiyan was making a akin attempt.
Mr. Dhinakaran ridiculed the AIADMK for having “reached the height of frustration” implicit not being capable to enactment successful the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by histrion Vijay, after trying to “woo the TVK vigorously.” The Dravidian large had adopted respective means to forge an confederation with the TVK but Mr. Vijay had made his presumption clear.
Reiterating that the “primary objective” of his enactment was to guarantee the decision of Mr. Palaniswami, the AMMK person expressed assurance that the enactment that included his enactment would emerge victoriously in the 2026 Assembly poll.
On the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Mr. Dhinakaran called for simplification of enumeration forms oregon the postponement of the revision process.
