AIADMK pulls out of BJP-led National Democratic Alliance

Tamil Nadu’s main opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Monday exited the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)

Tamil Nadu’s main opposition All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Monday exited the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and decided to contest next year’s Lok Sabha elections with other state specific allies.

A resolution to this effect was passed at the meeting led by AIADMK’s general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) with his party’s MPs, MLAs, district secretaries and top leadership in Chennai on Monday evening.

“To respect the sentiments of our two-crore cadre, from today the AIADMK is leaving the BJP and the NDA,” AIADMK’s deputy general secretary K P Munuswamy said, reading out the resolution after the meeting amidst celebrations and bursting of crackers at the party headquarters in Chennai.