India, April 16 -- AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday ruled out the formation of a coalition government if the alliance between his party and the Bharatiya Janata Party goes on to win the Tamil Nadu assembly polls due next year.

Palaniswami said that Union home minister Amit Shah had never said that there would be a coalition government in Tamil Nadu consisting of AIADMK and the BJP. Notably, the alliance between the two parties was announced recently by Shah in Chennai along with senior AIADMK leaders.

"He did not say that (a coalition government). The relevant issue had been misunderstood by the media, which makes "tricks," Palaniswami alleged, and requested the media to drop its "tricks," PTI quoted Palanisw...