AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami met Home Minister Amit Shah, sparking speculation about a potential BJP-AIADMK alliance for the upcoming Tamil Nadu elections.
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00:00At this moment, we are also getting some breaking news.
00:02A big political story is happening at this moment,
00:05because the AIDMK chief and former Tamil Nadu chief minister,
00:09E. Palanisamy, has met Home Minister Amit Shah a short while ago.
00:15The AIDMK is now reportedly in alliance talks
00:18with the BJP ahead of Tamil Nadu elections next year.
00:21Remember, Tamil Nadu goes to the polls in March next year.
00:25The two sides did not fight the Lok Sabha elections together,
00:28which is why there is speculation.
00:30Is E. Palanisamy, his visit to Amit Shah,
00:33suggesting BJP and AIDMK could fight the elections together?
00:37Pramod Madhav, my colleague from Chennai, is joining me at this moment.
00:42Pramod, what are you picking up?
00:43Because during the Lok Sabha, Anna Malai, the leader of the Tamil Nadu BJP,
00:47made it clear, no truck with the Dravida parties.
00:50Now we are seeing these pictures.
00:52Is there a real possibility of a BJP-AIDMK alliance?
00:56Vasi, there is quite a real possibility right now,
00:59because earlier it was speculated, more than six months ago,
01:01E. Palanisamy very clearly mentioned that he will not have any kind of alliance with BJP,
01:06and that's how he also faced the parliament elections.
01:09But however, for the past one month, he has actually softened his stance.
01:13He has said that whatever talks need to be done about the alliance,
01:16it will be only conducted during the next year,
01:18maybe two months before the election starts.
01:20And right now, it was a surprise visit by the opposition leader.
01:24As this happened amidst the assembly that is happening currently.
01:28And in fact, the Chief Minister also took a dig at it,
01:31saying that we all know that opposition leader is going to Delhi,
01:34and we also know that he's going to meet a prominent person.
01:37So it seems that the dice has started to roll, Karthik.
01:41Where does this leave Anna Malai?
01:43Because Anna Malai has become the face of the TN BJP,
01:45and he's been against the AIDMK.
01:48Now, I don't see him in any of the pictures.
01:50Is this being now done at the level of Amit Shah,
01:53with Anna Malai possibly having to just accept it, swallow and accept it?
01:59Well, one thing is very clear.
02:00Adhapadike Padeswami has made it very clear that he is the leader of AIDMK,
02:04and he will be the leader of opposition party in the state of Tamil Nadu,
02:07because that is what Anna Malai did not agree upon.
02:09He said that Anna Malai said that BJP will be the leading force,
02:12but AIDMK did not agree to it.
02:14So right now, it looks like probably BJP has come down a bit and said
02:18that like, probably they should have to go and look about on this also.
02:21Definitely, it's going to be not in favor of Anna Malai Rajji.
02:25OK, we'll wait and see how that goes.
02:27But clearly, the BJP is showing an element of flexibility.
02:30One day your adversaries, next day your allies,
02:33Palani Sami and the AIDMK have been NDA allies.
02:36And elections coming close could well mean realignment in Tamil Nadu.
02:40Pramod Madhav, joining me there from Chennai with the very latest.