Opinion: As AIADMK & BJP Revive Alliance Talks, Here’s How They Stack Up In Battle Against DMK

Former allies AIADMK and BJP have started negotiations to get back together to take on the DMK ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly polls next year. The main objective is to prevent the division of Opposition votes in 2026.  The two parties had fought the assembly polls together in 2021 but lost out to the DMK. The AIADMK and the BJP parted ways before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls due to former chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s frosty relationship with BJP state chief K. Annamalai,