T.N. Assembly election: AIADMK is just a mask for BJP, says Rahul Gandhi at Ponneri

Congress person and Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi connected Saturday (April 18, 2026) said the AIADMK is “just a mask” for the BJP, which wants a spouse successful Tamil Nadu that volition fto it regularisation the State from Delhi.

Addressing a nationalist gathering successful Ponneri, Mr. Gandhi said the AIADMK nary longer functions independently and is being utilized to beforehand the BJP’s governmental interests successful Tamil Nadu. “There is nary existent AIADMK. The AIADMK we knew is agelong gone. What remains is conscionable a disguise hiding the BJP. So erstwhile you spot the AIADMK, its flag, its leaders, retrieve that they are controlled by Narendra Modi [Prime Minister] and Amit Shah [Union Home Minister] and are being utilized to onslaught Tamil history, culture, and language,” helium said.