CHENNAI/NEW DELHI, April 12 -- The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will fight the 2026 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu together under the leadership of former chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Friday.

The announcement renews an alliance that broke off in 2023 amid acrimony. It was announced on a day the BJP state unit was almost certain to get a new chief, who will replace K Annamalai who was blamed by the AIADMK as the biggest reason behind the break-up two years ago.

"The leaders of AIADMK and BJP have decided to fight the next assembly polls along with allies under the NDA banner. This election will be fought at the national level under N...