Amit Shah never said anything about coalition govt in Tamil Nadu: Palaniswami
AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami declared Tuesday that Tamil Nadu will have a single-party government – formed by his party – should it win next year’s Assembly election.
The statement comes amid speculaton that power-sharing talks between his All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Bharatiya Janata Party, his on-again, off-again ally, are ongoing, in the event they defeat the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-Congress pair.
But the ex-Chief Minister’s statements seem to put an end to any talk of a coalition government in the southern state, one in which the BJP has historically struggled for traction and relevance.
“Our alliance will win… but the AIADMK will form the government on its own,”Palaniswami said Wednesday. “It is the AIADMK that leads this alliance (and) it is my decision. I will be Chief Minister… BJP has clarified. What more do you need?”
EPS also rubbished rumours of tension with the BJP, with whom he was allied for the 2019 federal and 2021 state polls.
“The media needs a sensational story… but there are no cracks in our alliance. The AIADMK will win a majority and form the government independently,” he said.