Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Saturday visited Tamil Nadu's capital city Chennai. After the government ceremonies, shortly after a meeting with AIADMK leaders, it was announced by AIADMK that their alliance with BJP will continue. The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK in Tamil Nadu on Saturday said its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP will continue for the 2021 assembly elections and expressed confidence it will win a hat-trick poll next year.
The announcement was made at a government event in Chennai by AIADMK top leaders O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami, the event was attended by Union Home Minister and BJP veteran Amit Shah. Chief Minister Palaniswami is the AIADMK co-coordinator while coordinator Panneerselvam is the deputy CM. "I would like to inform through this meeting that in the coming election (2021), the victorious alliance of AIADMK and BJP will continue," Panneerselvam said.
Palaniswami, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah were working towards making the country a superpower, asserted that "the alliance formed for the Lok Sabha polls will continue." "Our alliance will win maximum seats and AIADMK will retain power," he added. The AIADMK and the BJP joined for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, along with others, including the Pattali Makkal Katchi, but the ally manage to win only the lone Theni seat out of the 39 segments in Tamil Nadu, with the ruling party clinching it.
Amit Shah walks on Chennai road to greet supporters
