Chennai, Sept. 17 -- Congress MP Karti Chidambaram alleged that the Opposition party in Tamil Nadu, AIADMK, had lost its independence and become "a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BJP".

"AIADMK, a powerful political party and a legacy political party in Tamil Nadu, unfortunately, has lost its independence. It is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BJP," Karti Chidambaram told ANI on Wednesday.

"Even for any small internal problem, they will have to run to Delhi for arbitration. That very clearly shows that they have lost their independence, and the people of Tamil Nadu have lost confidence in them because they don't behave like an independent political party anymore," he added.

On Tuesday, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswa...