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AIADMK lawman wide caput K.P. Munusamy connected Monday (March 9, 2026) said helium had “no information” about renewed attempts to accommodate the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by histrion Vijay, successful the AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the State.
Mr. Munusamy was responding to this writer erstwhile it was pointed retired to him that AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s absorption to the TVK’s recent announcements for women was reasonably substance of fact. In Salem on Sunday (March 8), Mr. Palaniswami observed that Mr. Vijay made these announcements conscionable arsenic the person of immoderate different governmental enactment would bash up of elections. On the aforesaid day, a spokesperson of the State portion of the BJP urged the TVK chief to see joining the NDA truthful that a part successful anti-DMK votes could beryllium prevented successful the State.
A week ago, the AIADMK leader, after meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah successful New Delhi, said determination were chances of immoderate much parties joining the alliance, arsenic talks were successful progress. Last Saturday (March 7), erstwhile AIADMK Minister Sellur K. Raju, while responding to a question connected definite issues concerning the idiosyncratic beingness of the TVK leader, blamed the ruling DMK for orchestrating a “smear campaign” against Mr. Vijay.
According to reports successful sections of the media, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena Party (JSP) president, K. Pawan Kalyan, had been trying to bring the TVK into the NDA. When helium was successful Chennai to code a nationalist lawsuit successful May past year, he told journalists that he did not want to underestimate Mr. Vijay and his introduction into politics. In his State, Mr. Pawan Kalyan is viewed as idiosyncratic who had played a cardinal role in bringing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the BJP unneurotic a fewer years agone and eventually, in unseating the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), led by Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, from powerfulness successful June 2024.
Courting TVK
At 1 stage, some the AIADMK and BJP had openly courted the TVK. During Mr. Palaniswami’s visit to Komarapalayam in Namakkal on October 8, 2025, as portion of his State-wide circuit to canvass radical for support, a few persons held up the TVK flag, prompting the AIADMK person to remark that “a beginning” had been made for the alliance. This was aft a stampede occurred astatine the TVK leader’s rally successful Karur successful September 2025, starring to the decease of 41 persons. In the Assembly, the AIADMK staged a walkout implicit the Karur substance and Mr. Palaniswami, speaking to reporters extracurricular the Assembly chamber, had argued that the tragedy could have been prevented if the State government had ensured capable constabulary protection.
However, successful caller months, the Dravidian large and TVK person fallen out, with some sides criticising each other.
