India, April 6 -- Union home minister Amit Shah will be travelling to poll-bound Tamil Nadu later this month to have talks with All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leaders, people aware of the matter said. Shah is also scheduled to visit Bihar, where elections will be held later this year and West Bengal that will go to the polls in 2026.

Although the party has chosen to delink the visit to Tamil Nadu with the incipient alliance talks, there is a possibility that the minister will meet senior AIADMK leaders in the state, which goes to polls in 2026.

In March, AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami met Shah in the Capital, fuelling speculation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could forge an alliance with the AIADMK ahead...