This was a vision when Tamil Nadu President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Annamalai inflated herself with a rope in Coimbatore last December. Self-flying was a task of protests-was inspired by sexual harassment of a student at Annam University at Annamlah whether Annamalai was trying to attract the attention of her national leadership. For, he allowed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to go down, failed to win the same seat from the state in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, even after extending a high-display campaign.
Whatever motive behind Annamalai’s work of ‘penance’, he caught enough eyeball, as came after three months of absence from the state, as he was chasing a fellowship in the UK. It was rumored that the central leadership of the BJP was disappointed with zero returns in the Lok Sabha elections, especially after seven visits to Tamil Nadu in the run-up in the elections.
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Lost opportunities
True, the BJP had earned an increased profit in the state last year, in which the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) registered 18.28% of the votes. But a post-power analysis showed that an alliance with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazgam (AIADMK) could be more than 13 out of 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The break once made a significant change in the attitude towards Annamalai’s AIADMK, primary opposition party, which he attacked in the past.
Annamalai, a visually transformed Annamalai, has trained his guns late at the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazgam (DMK), as well as with the Tamilga Vatri Kajhagam (TVK) floating by superstar Vijay. During the rest of Annamalai, TVK held its first political conference in Villupuram. Even more importantly, Udayanidhi Stalin was also made Deputy Chief Minister during his absence.
In fact, Tamil Nadu’s political firm made so much change that it could not be wrong to argue that Annamalai’s innovation can deteriorate.
Signs of coordination?
There is a clear political reality on cards in Tamil Nadu, in which the BJP, with the possibility of re-starting its partnership with the AIADMK in the run-up in 2026 assembly elections, last week, AIADMK leader Edapp’s Palaniswami (EPS) visited the Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi. While the EPS tried to play in the meeting, Shah admitted that the conversation for a formal alliance was actually.
For both AIADMK and BJP, a coalition is necessary to create a fight in 2026.
In addition, it should be remembered that in the last assembly elections in 2021, the NDA led by the AIADMK gave two-term thunderous thunder and talisman. Despite Jayalalithaa’s passage, only 4.5% less votes were voted than the DMK Front. Since then, AIADMK, former Chief Minister O. The rebels have been expelled under the leadership of Panneselvam (OPS), but it still remains a force to talk again in Tamil Nadu, due to its organizational Heft and ‘election symbol of’ two leaves’.
To ensure this, the BJP has become stronger in the interim, with a clearly better performance in the Lok Sabha elections, although the saffron party would be difficult to repeat that success in the state elections. For AIADMK, who is going through an existential crisis, it was not a direct option to return to the BJP. According to some reports, the Dravidian party was clearly searching for the alliance with Vijay’s TVK, although the talks fell through the talks.
A new baby on the block
Vijay’s TVK was unveiled in February 2024, but did not contest the Lok Sabha elections after a few months. Now, everyone with Vijay prepared his last film to wrap up-his sixties-ninth-superstar has left an attractive acting career, while still in his head, and has turned into politics. It would really be a far -fetched to believe that Vijay Matini Idol can repeat the success of MG Ramachandran, but still, he is the strongest playback entrance to Kollywood in recent years.
In 2006, Vijayanta or in contrast to Kamal Haasan in 2021 – not to forget Rajinikanth’s political dip, which was not – Vijay seems to be a more systematic approach to his political beginning. Whether Vijay Makkal Iyakakam-Fans Association converted into a social organization in 2009, can shape-an out-and-out political party before Metamorphoring TVK. The actor also said that he was ready to trade with other political parties and form an alliance under his leadership.
In fact, AIADMK’s conversation with TVK collapsed completely on the issue – to present Vijay as Chief Minister candidate in 2026. For a party that has ruled the state for more than three decades, it was not appropriate to play another bella for a new child on the block.
A difficult friendship
It is not an easy thing to get an alliance between AIADMK and the BJP, even taming its aggression with Annamalai. In addition, the ruling DMK is playing emotional issues such as three language policy and pending delimitation practice of the Center, which is trying to combat anti-opposing sexual intercourse. AIADMK is roughly subscribed to the same political ideology as DMK, and thus, it cannot really risk taking a position on the variance on these issues.
This is why an AIADMK-BJP alliance, if it comes in fruit, will be justified as a practical political formation, a one that focuses on more specific issues such as law-and-order and corruption. In any case, the EPS is not keen to deal with Annamalai in a coalition, and it is believed that the BJP will indulge the AIADMK at least on that count. This way…
Caste equation
Historically, both the gounders and thevar communities in Tamil Nadu have aligned with AIADMK. Jayalalithaa’s former colleague, VK Sasikala, as well as former Chief Minister O. Palaniswami – Now separated from AIADMK. It is expected that the BJP will promote a leader like Nagendran, which is now to replace the party leader, Annamalai (the basis of Nagendran in the southern district of Tirunelveli) in the State Legislative Assembly. Of course, it will be rational as a step required by social engineering, in which both EP and Annamalai from the Gounder community are required.
In contrast, BJP AIADMK may push rebels to bring back to NDA Guna if the attempt to unite the splinter groups with a madraship becomes zero. The saffron party will also try to form a Grand NDA alliance beyond AIADMK and Vanner outfit, Patali Makkal Kachchi (PMK). As soon as things stand up, a alliance of AIADMK and BJP will dominate DMK in Western Tamil Nadu or Kongu Belt, where the Congress had a once upper hand.
However, this will not be enough. The alliance will have to form its base in southern and northern Tamil Nadu to compete with DMK and TVK. There is also a fourth player: Tamil nationalist name Tamiller Kachi (NTK), headed by actor Sekan.
Conceptual tight
Alliance to win to win any occasion, BJP will have to wait until the 2026 election, before it raises the issue of delimitation.
Meanwhile, DMK is expected to be doubled on the plank of ‘imposing Hindi’, but how much it will continue to be echoed, it is yet to be seen. The ruling party is hoping that its welfare schemes for women – free bus rides and monthly monetary allowance of Rs 1000, will see its pitch for Tamil pride.
As it may, DMK’s arsenal has some important chimes, which can tap in a malignant alliance if it acts effectively. An anti -government sentiment is visible among the urban middle class of the state over the increase in power tariffs and property taxes. In addition, about two million state government employees and pensioners are also in collaboration with the ruling government, who do not respect the promise of their manifesto to return hiking and return to the old pension scheme.
If the AIADMK-BJP alliance can mount a foolish campaign anchor on bread-and-butter issues, victory may not be so unimaginable after all in Tamil Nadu.
(Anand Kochukudi is a senior journalist and columnist)
Disclaimer: These are the personal opinions of the author
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