AIADMK declares itself NDA leader in Tamil Nadu, General Council authorises EPS to finalise alliance for 2026 polls

A resolution was passed at the General Council meeting, attended by over 4,000 functionaries at Vanagaram on the outskirts of Chennai, which also formally endorsed the AIADMK’s return to the NDA in order to defeat the “common enemy”—the ruling DMK, which it alleged was steeped in “scientific corruption” beginning from Chief Minister Stalin’s family onward.