Will form govt independently: EPS
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) on Saturday said that Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin was scared of the AIADMK-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance in the state and asserted that AIADMK would win the 2026 assembly polls with a majority and form the government independently.
“Stalin is also saying that the AIADMK will form a coalition government with BJP. Mr. Stalin, we are not fools. AIADMK will win with a majority and form the government independently. We will decide if we want an alliance or not. We are not desperate like you, who is a dynastic politician. We will do what the people want. And the people want the DMK out. We want such like-minded parties to join us. The BJP considers the DMK a corrupt party and wants to defeat them. That’s why the BJP has joined us and more parties will join us and we will defeat you.”
AIADMK and BJP had come together this April after a 19 month bitter separation.
There was no immediate reaction from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) or the BJP to EPS’s remarks.
During his campaign on Saturday night, EPS shared an incident from the assembly proceedings where he said Stalin was on his feet and asked him directly why the AIADMK had tied up with the BJP.
While rejecting the possibility of a coalition government, Tamil Nadu’s leader of Opposition Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) during his statewide tour ahead of the 2026 assembly elections attacked DMK leader and chief minister MK Stalin and said AIADMK is not a “fool” while reiterating that it will form a majority government independently.