Since reviving ties with the BJP in April, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami has been asserting that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will grow stronger with the induction of more political parties to challenge the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) in the 2026 Assembly polls.

Eight months have passed, but the NDA has not seen any new constituents enter its fold. It also faces the daunting task of building synergy between cadre and functionaries of the AIADMK and the BJP, the two major parties.

In the meantime, the AMMK led by T T V Dhinakaran and former chief minister O Panneerselvam have quit the NDA. The two leaders, who have considerable influence among the Mukulathor community across Tamil Nadu’s central and southern regions, pushed the AIADMK to the thir

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