India, Dec. 11 -- The AIADMK general and executive council meeting in Chennai earlier this week gave pointers to a realignment of Opposition politics in Tamil Nadu ahead of the assembly elections scheduled next year. One, the meeting endorsed the party's decision to align with the BJP and the NDA; the AIADMK and the BJP-led independent alliances in the last general election, which allowed the DMK-led INDIA bloc to win all 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. Two, the general council empowered party chief and former CM Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) to decide on allies. Third, it announced that the AIADMK will be the leader of any Opposition alliance in Tamil Nadu: It sets to rest the demand among a section of state BJP leaders for a BJP ...