Chennai, Sept. 12 -- The BJP has no necessity to break the AIADMK led by Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS), said the national party's state president Nainar Nagendran on Thursday even as he extended an olive branch to O Panneerselvam (OPS) and TTV Dhinakaran. This comes amid criticism that the BJP is trying to break the AIADMK by destabilising EPS' leadership.

"The AIADMK is strong. There's no need for the BJP to break that party. We have accepted its general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami to head the (NDA) alliance. People are thronging to go to his campaigns" Nagendran told reporters in Chennai. This criticism that the BJP was trying to meddle in the affairs of the AIADMK grew louder after K A Sengottaiyan met Union home minister Amit Shah an...