AIADMK chief meets Amit Shah, BJP-AIADMK alliance talks for Tamil Nadu elections?

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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.

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