Amit Shah on BJP-AIADMK alliance in Tamil Nadu: 'Will reveal it at the right time'

Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that the BJP is in discussion with the AIADMK over the proposed alliance with the party in Tamil Nadu.

He said that the state, once progressive, has fallen prey to a chaos due to the policies of the DMK government "The Stalin government has deteriorated the state’s condition. There are no jobs for the youth, industries are leaving, and even with higher salaries, people are unwilling to work there," he added.

He also termed the DMK "anti-Tamil" as the Tamil Nadu government is yet to start medical and engineering education in Tamil language and has not even translated the books into Tamil.
Shah exuded confidence that an NDA government will come to power in the southern state after the 2026 Assembly polls.

He alleged that the DMK government in Tamil Nadu has only engaged in corruption, due to which industries and youngsters are migrating from the state.

"Tamil Nadu, once considered the most progressive state of south India, has fallen prey to a chaos due to the policies of the DMK government, because of which the public is extremely upset. An NDA government will be formed in Tamil Nadu in the coming election," Shah said at the Times Now Summit 2025.

The home minister said he is confident that the people of Tamil Nadu will dethrone the DMK from power.

"I could sense the pulse of the people in my recent visits to the state," he said.

Asked about the DMK's opposition to the next delimitation exercise for the Lok Sabha constituencies, the home minister said the regional party has raised the issue eyeing next year's election.

"Did the (central) government say anything on delimitation? Why have they raised it now? It is because of the election. For five years, they indulged in corruption and now, they have suddenly woken up.

"I can tell you that no injustice will be done to anyone in delimitation (when it is done). There is not even a .0001-per cent chance (of injustice to anyone)," he said.

Shah also indicated that DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin wants to instal his son and state minister Udhayanidhi Stalin as his successor as the regional party is "pursuing dynastic politics".

"The DMK government, which has not started medical and engineering courses in Tamil language, is actually anti-Tamil," he said.

Shah said according to the National Education Policy (NEP), primary education should be imparted in the mother tongue.

"I have asked the DMK to impart technical education like medical and engineering education in Tamil. But they have not started it. They have not translated the books into Tamil," he said.

The home minister said the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for admission in undergraduate courses in central universities is conducted in 13 languages but not in Tamil because of the DMK's opposition.

National leadership will decide: Annamalai 

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Friday said that the party's central leadership will take an "appropriate call" on the shape and form of alliances for the 2026 assembly elections, aiming to unseat MK Stalin's ruling DMK.

"As the president of Tamil Nadu BJP, the role that is given to me is to strengthen the party in the state. That is what all of us are trying to do. The leaders are with me, the cadres are with me," he added.