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NDTV
05-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
"Our Goal Is...": EPS Launches AIADMK Campaign Logo Ahead Of 2026 Polls
Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday launched his 2026 election campaign with the release of a new logo and slogan from the party headquarters, 'MGR Maligai', in Chennai. He announced that his statewide campaign titled 'Makkalai Kaappom, Thamizhagathai Meetpom' (Let's Protect People, Let's Redeem Tamil Nadu) will begin from Coimbatore on July 7, covering eight districts in the first phase. The newly launched campaign logo featured two leaves with the AIADMK flag, a raised fist symbolising revolution, and the slogans 'Puratchi Tamizharin Ezhuchi Payanam' and 'Tamilagathai Kappom, Makkalai Meetpom', reinforcing the party's mission to protect and uplift the people of Tamil Nadu. While addressing the event, Edappadi Palaniswami said, "Following the footsteps of Perarignar Anna, our leaders MGR and Amma have lived their lives for people. AIADMK is following that and working for the welfare of people." Taking a sharp jibe at Chief Minister MK Stalin, Mr Palaniswami added, "Chief Minister MK Stalin says Opposition leader now only meeting the people. But CM thinks speaking about me, but actually, he is speaking about himself. I always live with the people." Mr Palaniswami made it clear that although this was a campaign tour, it carried a much larger political goal. "Our goal is to remove this evil government," he added, setting a confrontational tone ahead of the 2026 state elections. "To defeat DMK, all like-minded parties should unite. They also should accept our request, which is our opinion," he further said. He later added that Union Minister Amit Shah has already mentioned that AIADMK will head the NDA alliance in the State, and he will be the candidate for the Chief Minister post. Earlier, AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan welcomed the reported remarks made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the BJP-AIADMK alliance and the chief ministerial candidate for the 2026 Assembly elections. He said that all was well within the BJP-AIADMK alliance and that Edappadi K Palaniswami would lead the state again.
India Gazette
28-06-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
"All is well in AIADMK, BJP": Kovai Sathyan responds to Amit Shah's statement on 2026 TN polls
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 28 (ANI): AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan on Saturday welcomed the reported remarks made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the BJP-AIADMK alliance and the chief ministerial candidate for the 2026 Assembly elections. He said that all is well within the BJP-AIADMK alliance and that Edappadi K Palaniswami would lead the state again. Speaking to ANI, Sathyan responded to the controversy, saying, 'The problem is with the understanding of certain statements made by HM Amit Shah. All he said was that the alliance will form the government, and when asked about the question of CM, he said that it will be from the AIADMK.' He added, 'All is well in AIADMK and BJP, and the outcome will decide the course of the action, and the outcome is clear that Edappadi K Palaniswami will be the chief minister of Tamil Nadu post the 2026 Assembly elections.' On Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will form the government in Tamil Nadu after the 2026 Assembly elections, with the BJP as a constituent. He further said that the chief ministerial candidate would be from the AIADMK; however, he did not name Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), the party's current general secretary. Meanwhile, the ruling DMK dismissed the idea of an AIADMK-BJP alliance's comeback in the state. While speaking to ANI, Party spokesperson TKS Elangovan said, 'They will not win. Even AIADMK people will not vote for the BJP. They have insulted Anna and Periyar. The number of MLAs they have now will reduce further.' Elangovan also targeted Tamil actor Vijay's newly formed political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), stating, 'Vijay formed the party to become the chief minister without any policy. What's his social language policy? He has no policy.' This remark stirred speculation amid ongoing debates about the dynamics of the BJP-AIADMK alliance ahead of the 2026 elections. (ANI)
The Hindu
09-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
The State will neither forgive nor forget ‘anti-Tamil Nadu policies' of BJP, says TNCC president Selvaperunthagai
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K. Selvaperunthagai on Monday responded to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement that a BJP-AIADMK government would be formed in the State in 2026, saying the State would neither forget nor forgive the 'anti-Tamil Nadu policies' of the BJP-led government at the Centre. He said a BJP government in Tamil Nadu would always remain a 'mirage'. In a statement, he termed as hypocritical Mr. Shah's remarks that he regretted he couldn't speak Tamil. '...what better proof is needed of the government's betrayal than the fact that it had allocated only ₹24 crore over three years for Classical Tamil, while granting ₹664 crore for Sanskrit, a language spoken by only 24,000 people? How will Mr. Shah answer for depriving Tamil Nadu of ₹2,152 crore under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan as a punishment for opposing Hindi imposition through the National Education Policy? Since 1968, Tamil Nadu has followed the two-language policy of Tamil and English,' he said. As for Mr. Shah's claims about the grant of more funds to Tamil Nadu, Mr. Selvaperunthagai said, 'According to official data, in the past seven years, the BJP-led government at the Centre has collected ₹7.38 lakh crore in direct taxes, the GST, and cesses from Tamil Nadu, but returned only ₹2.56 lakh crore to the State. After exploiting Tamil Nadu financially, what evidence does Mr. Shah have to prove his claim that more funds have been given to the State?'
New Indian Express
09-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
BJP will win Tamil Nadu, West Bengal in 2026: Amit Shah
MADURAI: Setting the tone for 2026 Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the BJP-AIADMK combine will defeat the 'corrupt DMK' and form a government in Tamil Nadu. Speaking in a BJP office bearers meeting in Madurai, Shah said 2026 elections is crucial for the BJP-AIADMK alliance and directed cadres to work hard to dislodge the DMK from power. 'The DMK government has scaled new heights of corruption. The Tasmac liquor scam is worth Rs 39,000 crore. Poor people are dying after consuming illicit liquor due to corruption in the liquor trade,' Shah said adding 'In southern districts of Tamil Nadu, caste-based violence is being instigated for political gains.' Responding to CM Stalin's earlier statement that 'no Shah could defeat the DMK', Amit Shah said people of Tamil Nadu themselves would defeat the party in 2026.
United News of India
08-06-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
PMK Chief Ramadoss says differences with son will be resolved, Amit Shah right in declaring NDA will form govt in 2026 in TN
Chennai, June 8 (UNI) Amid the widening rift between the father-son duo in the first family of PMK and the continuing reconciliatory efforts by senior leaders stressing unity, its Founder on Sunday said the differences with his son Dr Anbumani on leadership and alliance issue for the 2026 key Assembly polls will be resolved soon, while observing that Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah was right in his assertion that the NDA will form the government in Tamil Nadu in 2026. Dr Ramadoss remarks was seen as a climb down from his hardened stance that led to the differences with Dr Anbumani--who he said was insisting on an alliance with the BJP for 2026 polls--having realised the imperative need for the PMK to face the polls as an united party instead of a divided house. Dr Ramadoss, who had earlier said that every problem has a solution, while referring to the media querieson the ongoing row with his son, said the differences with Dr Anbumani will be resolved soon. "Only then we can face the elections (as a united party)", he added. On Mr Amit Shah's declaration in his address at the BJP Party workers meeting in Madurai that "the change starts from 'corrupt' ruling DMK will be ousted and the BJP-AIADMK led NDA will form the government in Tamil Nadu in 2026", the PMK Founder, who had earlier seemed to be disinclined to have an electoral tie up with the saffron party that widened the differences with his son, said "he (Amit Shah) is right in his remarks that the NDA will form the government in 2026 in Tamil Nadu". This remark of Dr Ramadoss can be seen as a significant shift in his stand, while hinting that the PMK was ready for returning back to the NDA fold. Refusing to make comments about any political party at this juncture, the senior Ramadoss, without taking any names, said "if we are with them, they will talk highly about us (PMK). If not, they will talk in a different way". This is not the time to make any comment about any political party and said the PMK's poll and alliance strategy will be announced in two to three months time. UNI GV 2050
